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Editing bash $PATH
I want to edit my bash $PATH globally for all shells. I was told that I could add/remove stuff from my .bash_profile or .bashrc to do this, but when I look in these files, they are missing folders ...
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Get the normal $PATH when calling it in a subshell
How could I call the $PATH variable in a subshell, such that I get the result I would in the normal shell?
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-45-160 ~]$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/...
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Which is not searching full $PATH
If I run sudo which abc I would expect it to search the superusers $PATH for the program 'abc', but it looks like it only searches a subset.
I can see this by running sudo echo $PATH and comparing ...
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How do I print the path of a file in a different directory
I know that if you have a file one.txt in ~/Documents and you cd ~/Documents then realpath one.txt will print:
~/Documents/one.txt.
However what if you want to print the path of a file in a ...
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Using aria2 instead of curl breaks string concatenation
I am trying to mirror a site to archive.org but using curl is very slow so I wanted to try aria2 instead.
I first make a link map of the site using this command
wget -c -m --restrict-file-names=...
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Storing all environment variables in one file
What are the caveats of having one single file with environment variables?
What I would like to do is to create a file (e.g. ~/.env) which contains all necessary PATH declarations and possibly other ...
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Why does sourcing a script in .profile not work?
I have an executable script which I want to run every time I log in or open a new interactive shell. I added the path to this executable in .profile and sourced it by adding this line to .profile
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After starting terminal always getting bash: export: "path" not a valid identifier [closed]
I was trying to install Angularjs through the Ubuntu terminal and to have proper install, I'd to change the path. Maybe during these time I've messed up with the path. After this, when I'm starting ...
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call bash script in script not found, directory is in $PATH
I have added a directory to my PATH variable to access all my bash scripts. I add the PATH globally on the system under /etc/profile.d/custom.sh as follow:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/helper
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How to set environment variables to path so it can be read from GUI and command line from the same program?
I installed texlive and I want to add it as an environment variable to my Path so that Emacs AucTeX can read it when I start emacs from the GUI or from the command line. So far I've read that emacs ...
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Refresh .profile and .bashrc
I've split up my .profile and .bashrc files like so based on various advice I've read. I have an alias bin which I use to refresh my environment after changing .profile and .bashrc to avoid exiting ...
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Why is the "wrong" executable being run? [duplicate]
I am trying to run ipython from the bash (version 4.4.19) command line.
As a Python developer, I have various installations of ipython at various versions in various virtualenvs' paths, and so it is ...
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delete bash hash for particular executable path
I have a command called gmx at these two paths:
/usr/local/bin/gmx
and
/Users/alexamil/.nvm/versions/node/v9.2.0/bin/gmx
how can I delete the bash hash for just one of them?
if I run:
hash -d ...
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Adding anaconda path to .bashrc running on Redhat 7 breaks x2go login
I am using x2go to connect to a remote Redhat 7 server running the MATE desktop. The problem I am having is when I add export PATH="/opt/apps/anaconda2/5.0.1/bin:$PATH" to my .bashrc it completely ...
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Which path is a relative pathname in a shell script relative to? [duplicate]
If a bash script contains a relative path ( to specify a file, a directory, ...), which path is the relative path relative to,
the pathname to the parent directory of the bash script, or
the ...
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How can I tell if a command is available on the $PATH for sudo?
I installed a utility on a server recently and discovered that it wasn't available when running from sudo. That is, foo executed as expected buy sudo foo resulted in sudo: foo: command not found.
I ...
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What is the difference between adding to PATH on the CLI vs in bashrc [duplicate]
In an online video lecture the teacher has explained how to add to PATH both on the command line and via .bashrc, and has indicated that the proper way of doing this is through .bashrc but has not ...
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concise bash script to replace filename in absolute path
I need concise and readable function to be used in bash script which will take as input:
absolute path (e.g. /home/user/tmp/data/sample1.txt )
new filename name (e.g. extended_sample.dat )
and ...
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Bash Completion ignores changes made to sudo's secure_path
I'd like to add a new path (/usr/lib/cyrus/bin in this example) to root's $PATH (and to sudo's secure_path). I'm in Debian, by the way
First, I add it to root's $PATH, using /etc/bash.bashrc. So far ...
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Why did this trivial rm -rf command destroy my operating system?
I use Bash 4.3.48(1) and I ran the following command pattern on a testing VPS machine:
rm -rf ${drt}/${pma}*
This command deleted the entire operating system (Ubuntu). That was evident by executing ...
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Broken my Debian install: 'sh' not found in PATH
I'm running a custom build of Debian buster/sid. I have broken a lot of things seemingly by mistakenly running apt-get dist-upgrade (I think that's what did it). So the desktop manager\desktop ...
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urxvt -e doesn't source .zshrc
I want to create a key binding for the common task: open a new terminal window and open the program ranger in it.
The obvious command would be something like that:
urxvt -e ranger
The important ...
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Flip between openmpi and mpich as default using linux terminal
I need to run a code using mpicc(parallel gcc). A server has two packages of mpicc installed namely OPENMPI and MPICH at /usr/local/OPENMPI and /usr/local/MPICH respectively. By default mpicc of ...
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Why is a directory added to my PATH?
I am having a very weird issue with my PATH variable. In particular, at some point /usr/lib/hardening-wrapper/bin is added and I would like it not to be.
The first thing I did was to check ~/.bashrc, ...
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MacOS: Commands working on terminal but not on iTerm [closed]
I installed some packages like brew via terminal which altered $PATH. Now iTerm's $PATH is not same as terminal, causing CLI commands like brew not working on iTerm.
echo $PATH on terminal gives:
/...
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Problems with node path from bash scripts
I'm writing a script which at one point starts a simple node.js based website:
cd ../ap-site/ && npm start
When I run the above command from terminal there is no problem, but when run from ...
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Setting paths for interactive C-shell
My default shell (on Ubuntu) is bash. However, for a particular programme I need to change to the C-shell. For this I have a .cshrc file set up, however, if I change interactively to the C-shell (I'm ...
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How do I change my path when executing a command following a terminal ssh to another machine
For the following please consider that I'm new to the Linux file system and have little understanding here.
When I log onto my cluster I do so on a default machine. The admin have setup several ...
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echo $PATH does not reflect the "export PATH" I made in shell script
I have created a shell script that will check if a certain value is existing in PATH. If not, then it will add that value to the PATH environment variable.
It was successfully added, based on the ...
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Problem with passing path containing spaces and brackets
I use Thunar file explorer and pass pathname and filename to a script audioplay. audioplay runs play command on my android via ssh which plays a song.
audioplay script :: cat audioplay
if [ $# -eq ...
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After editing both /.bashrc and /etc/bash.bashrc the path is not in the environment. Why? [duplicate]
I have installed Eclipse Oxygen;when I type
export PATH=$PATH:/home/ivan/java-oxygen/eclipse
in the bash, I can launch eclipse from bash from any location, however, no matter whether I add
PATH=$...
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How to check if a subfolder exists and if so add it to the path automatically on cd? [duplicate]
On my Ubuntu machine, I have a lot of javascript / typescript projects.
Each of npm's binary might have a global installation, like tsc at
~/.nvm/versions/node/v7.10.0/bin/tsc
$ tsc -v
Version 2.4.2
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Why am I unable to successfully export a path within a bash script?
In order to get some C code to compile correctly, I need to export a folder so that are certain file is found.
On the command line, if I first run
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/bin/path../version/:$...
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$HOME/bin dir is not on the $PATH
In my ~/.profile I have a last block which should load my personal bin/ directory like this:
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
PATH="$HOME/bin:...
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environment variables set in bash
Team,
I have Veritas product installed. When I try to run the veritas commands, I have to use the original path (i.e. /opt/VRTS/bin). Instead of that, can we add the path into our bash profile. I ...
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Clarification on updating path in bashrc
I am following a tutorial on installing git on a shared host and need some clarification if possible.
I have access to the GCC
jpols@MrComputer ~
$ ssh nookdig1@***.***.**.*'gcc --version
gcc (GCC) ...
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why doesn't PATH work when I add the env in it and want to run a program under the env?
I put a program cow under /opt and then I edited .bashrc by adding
export PATH=“$PATH:/opt”
so now $PATH has /opt
but when I want to run cow directly, I get
$ cow
The program 'cow' is currently ...
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Linux/bash does not execute the executable that "which" tells me [duplicate]
Observation:
I have an executable named foo, located in /b/foo. It is compiled against an old header of a dynamic library, causing it to segfault when executed:
$ foo
Segmentation fault. // Expected ...
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Adding #!something doesnt look at PATH
In Linux adding #!/bin/bash is telling the the executable to execute with bash.
I was wondering, why is this specified in full path? I would expect that since bin is in a path specified in PATH it ...
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How to make a self-made bash_profile recognized by the terminal?
My intention is to customize the prompt color and font style of the terminal. There are a couple of tutorials online on this subject but all of them involves a modification of the file bash_profile ...
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mv : not found when executed from script that modifies PATH variable
I have this in my script. But is returning an error. If I execute the command in the console works fine
./script.sh[16]: mv: not found [No such file or directory]
I want move some files what starts ...
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Who sets $PATH environment variable? [duplicate]
After installation of linux distribution, I see PATH environment variable set with some standard folders holding some binaries only
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/...
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How do I pass a file path to a function instead of the contents of the file?
I'm using bash shell on Ubuntu Linux. I have this in my script
output_file=create_test_results_file "$TFILE1"
Through echo statements, I have verified that the value of $TFILE1 is a file path, e.g.
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Script to go through $PATH folders and see what executable files are available on your system
Here is what I have so far:
#!/bin/bash
for file in $PATH ; do # Scanning files in $PATH
if [ -x ] ; then #Check if executable
echo "Executable File"
else
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Exclude single executable from PATH, without chmod -x it
I'm trying to remove a single executable from $PATH, without modifying it
e.g I have /Users/USER/Library/Python/2.7/bin/ in $PATH, and I'd like to exclude services.py from that directory.
I know ...
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Alternative to typing the path for /sbin/ifconfig [duplicate]
Everytime I need to access ifconfig , I find using using /sbin/ifconfig. If I need to directly type ifconfig in bash and get the required output without calling the directory every time, what should I ...
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How to find and run a bash script?
I have a script named script.sh. I don't know where it is in the file system, but I do know it exists.
How do I find the script, make it executable, and run it all in one line through the command ...
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add subdirectories to $PATH in bash using find
I tried this
PATH=$PATH$( find $HOME/scripts/ -type d -printf ":%p" )
but it works only on Linux, on OSX (or Freebsd), it's not working because -printf is not POSIX. How can I write a compatible ...
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$PATH referring to network fs: generally useful, occasionally horrible
Some of the scripts I run are located on a CIFS filesystem hosted on another machine. I mount that filesystem over the network and add the remote location of the scripts to my $PATH. This works great ...
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PATH variable for anaconda in Fedora [closed]
After installing Anaconda in /opt/anaconda3 i modified ~/.bashrc for my user by adding PATH variable
# .bashrc
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
# ...
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