AWS throws the following error: "bad interpreter: No such file or directory"

Question

I'm not aware of anything on my system having changed, but the aws CLI tool has stopped working.

$ aws-bash: /Users/user_name/Library/Python/3.7/bin/aws:/usr/local/opt/python/bin/
python3.7: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

I've tried brew reinstall awscli which is suggested elsewhere, but with no luck.

Answer 1

Option 1

Type

brew uninstall awscli

Then

brew install awscli

update python to 3.9. look in the following post.

If this approach does not work for you, then try :

Option 2

1. Go to https://www.python.org/ and use the GUI installer for your OS

2. pip3 install awscli