Failed to initialize Macports

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My port command does not function at all. Here is the output i get when using s simple port command:

%% sudo port error reading "file6": illegal operation on a directory

while executing

"gets $f"

(procedure "auto_load_index" line 23) invoked from within

"auto_load_index"

(procedure "auto_load" line 30) invoked from within

"auto_load $name [uplevel 1 {::namespace current}]"

(autoloading "::tcl::tm::UnknownHandler") (procedure "::unknown" line 30) invoked from within

"::tcl::tm::UnknownHandler {::tcl::MacOSXPkgUnknown ::tclPkgUnknown} msgcat 0-"

("package unknown" script) invoked from within

"package require msgcat"

(file "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/registry2.0/registry.tcl" line 40) invoked from within

"source /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/registry2.0/registry.tcl"

("package ifneeded registry 1.0" script) invoked from within

"package require registry 1.0"

(procedure "mportinit" line 444) invoked from within

"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations" Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, error reading "file6": illegal operation on a directory

I've searched the for a fix, but can't find anything