I am stuck in a login loop because of this error.
I've seen a few threads about this matter but none helped.
I do Ctrl+Alt+f2, when I log in it shows me two errors:
-bash: /home/imight/.profile: line 19 unexpected EOF while looking for matching
-bash: /home/imight/.profile: line 22: syntax error: unexpected end of file
The message basically says that there is something wrong with the file .profile in your home directory. You will either have to correct this error or to remove the file.
So use a Live CD or USB and boot from that. When the system is up, use "Try Ubuntu" and open the hard drive. You'll find it normally in the sidebar or you can open a terminal and enter ls /media. Your mounted hard drive lives there. Navigate to home/imight. The whole path is /media/SOMETHING/home/imight, where SOMETHING depends on the layout of your drive. The best option is to rename the file .profile to some other name. But you can also open the file and see if you can find the error. Once you've spotted it you might be able to correct it.
After you renamed the file or corrected it you can reboot into your system. Now you'll be able to login.
ls -l ~imight/.profileto check the ownership of the file and use rm command accordingly to remove it. – Arush Salil Feb 27 '13 at 20:04.profile, it's better to rename it. For example:cd ~imight && mv .profile .profile.oldThen no information is lost and the file can be restored later. – Eliah Kagan Feb 27 '13 at 22:33~imight? – mook765 Nov 15 '18 at 18:39/home/imight. – PerlDuck Nov 15 '18 at 18:48~, I haven't seen that before, so I thought it was a funny kind of typo... – mook765 Nov 15 '18 at 19:32~is your home directory and~bobis bob's home directory. Works with any username. See https://askubuntu.com/q/656869/504066 – PerlDuck Nov 15 '18 at 19:35