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Are there alternatives to alias I'm not aware of?
Today I started to notice weird behavior running a local command for a binary installed through Go. It seems the command is aliased, but consulting alias, it isn't.
The command buf somehow executes cp!...
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How to find files with find tool in system path ($PATH)? Or alternatively, How to specify starting-point directory for find as an expression?
For example, I want to find all symlinks that reference to particular binary in all directories that belong to system $PATH.
This can be successfully achieved with manual specification of all ...
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How can I echo/print the environment files of a directory/path in a Jenkinsfile during a build?
In a Jenkins file, I have the following code:
#!/usr/bin/env groovy
....
def env_prod = 'prod.env'
def entrypoint = "${env.WORKSPACE}
The above is then combined like this:
${env.WORKSPACE}/$...
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How to do wildcard/glob expansion when the pattern and the resolved pathes contain spaces?
I need to expand some pathes using a POSIX sh or Bash:
Here are two example patterns (I chose overly complicated patterns on purpose):
$ npm pkg get workspaces | jq -r '.[]'
apps/app*
lib/{be,fe *} ...
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split PATH variable INTO few lines
I have split my PATH variable into few lines, in the file to make them easier to read because it's very long,
as I had seen here.
This is what I changed in my /etc/profile:
# PATH="/usr/share/...
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Commands cannot be located after sourcing a bash script
I have a short bash script cdline that takes two arguments PATHS and LINE and changes directory to the respective LINE in PATHS:
#!/bin/bash
#command for changing directory to that in the given line......
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Using '/usr/bin/cd' in a cron script fails while 'cd' works
I have a simple shell script that I am running via cron. I am using it to perform a scheduled git pull operation (yeah, I know there are probably better methods, but this is another team's repository ...
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Ideas for why PATH has these directories
In my .profile I have PATH="$HOME/.local/lib:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.node_modules/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:$HOME/local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH"
In my .zshrc I have miniconda path stuff (export PATH=&...
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'-bash: line 1: rescanscsi: command not found' error even though script location is in PATH and other script runs fine from same folder [duplicate]
I'm new to linux, trying to switch over from Windows, and I could really use some help. This is actually my first time using a forum such as this so please forgive any errors I make.
I'm using Linux ...
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How to get under Linux Mint LMDE5, the path of a launcher through bash commands stored in the launcher?
Linux Mint LMDE5 is a Debian derivative. On the desktop you can create launchers p.e. via GUI, with which you can not only link something, but also store smaller bash code in it. After creating, the ...
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passing shell script file name as an command line argument java -jar /test.sh and gives me error Error: Unable to access jarfile /test.sh
java -jar /test.sh --name trigger
Error: Unable to access jarfile /test.sh
test.sh file contains
#!/bin/sh
jar_name="-Dspring.config.location=application-test.properties somejarFileVersion_1.0&...
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Why Can't I get the path of the root user with sudo
I've changed the PATH environment variable of the root user. The following command are there too show the PATH.
su
env | grep ^PATH
PATH=/root/.nix-profile/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/...
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Why do I have repeating lines in my default $PATH
Using CENTOS 7 and BASH, after creating a new user, the user has repeating lines in the path variable.
I've looked at this site $PATH duplication issues but it's for a .zshrc. Also, this is for the ...
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Path resolution depending on pwd (symlinked dirs)
This sort of situation often occurs under the /sys/bus tree (bash-5.1) :
Let's say I get some foo directory listing several symlinks to other directories, ls -ails pathto_foo displaying something of ...
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My $PATH differs from that stated in /etc/profile
This is my entire /etc/profile.
# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).
if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ];...
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-bash: /home/me/.profile: line 28: syntax error near unexpected token `('
I've spent the last week of my life trying to set up a development environment so I can learn machine learning. I have less hair now, not that I had too much before. Never mind.
I am using WSL 2 ...
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What does ./ mean in shell?
I have a simple hello_world.c file from here. I figured it out how to do it.
gcc -Wall -g hello_world.c -o hello is working however if I run bash hello there's an error: hello: hello: cannot execute ...
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1
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ufw "command not found"- but as the root user!
My Debian 11 VPS is running now for about 2 weeks- and today I just wanted to analyse, why my traffic is ~70GiB (counted by bashtop). So somewhere in the net I read about nethogs, that this could help....
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Can't find a bash script anywhere in filesystem
I have a bash script that uses ssh and requires 1 positional argument. If I type the name partially, the bash-completion completes it and the script works. The issue is that I can't find it anywhere ...
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Why is executable found without a full path despite its location not in search path?
This question is about understanding the reason(s) behind a perceived inconsistency between documented and actual behavior when calling an executable through sudo. When the secure_path option is ...
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I am not sure about correct way to export PATH
I have Java and Springboot cli added to PATH however, when source /etc/profile it gives error.
And on restarting PC, BASH is not loading.
My export in /etc/profile
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1....
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Path in script different than actual path
When I echo $PATH in a terminal window, it outputs:
/home/charles/anaconda3/bin:
/home/charles/anaconda3/condabin:
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:
/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:
/usr/local/...
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1
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Can't find where my PATH is set in MacOS
For the record, I am running ZSH, FISH and GNU Bash on my system. I've checked every imaginable location and I cannot find where my $PATH variable is set:
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin /usr/sbin **/...
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bash appear on top of my terminal
I don't know why but since this morning, I have the complete bash path in my terminal, every time I open it. I don't know how to remove it?
thanks
bash: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/...
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Wildcard in PATH (environment variable)
I have a bunch of apps installed locally in my home directory. In order for them to be globally available I add them to PATH in .bashrc:
PATH="$PATH:/home/user/apps/app1/bin"
PATH="$...
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Get the Absolute Path from feh
The feh command allows you to view images within a folder recursively:
feh --recursive --auto-zoom
While viewing images, it also allows you to associate custom commands with keys 0-9 on your keyboard....
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Why not prepend user directory to PATH?
For user scripts, the usual advice is to append their directory to $PATH in one's .profile:
PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.myscripts" # or .bin or whatever
Apparently that is safer than prepending it: ...
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`type` command inside bash script, is not showing all paths
When I type echo "${PATH}" | tr -s ':' '\n' | nl from inside a bash script and at the terminal I get the same result:
1 /home/nikhil/Documents/Git/Cs/Architecture/bin
2 /home/...
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Accidentally over-wrote LD_LIBRARY_PATH
I'm operating Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL2, and a little new to the bash syntax.
I overwrote the LD_LIBRARY_PATH when following a set of CUDA installation instructions, which specified to update as follows:
$ ...
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Unable to run file from command line after adding to PATH
So I have a function that I wish to run from my command line.
cat foo.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo foobar
I export it to my PATH variable and change to a different directory.
export PATH=${PATH}:/home/usr/...
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Kali Linux - run './pycharm.sh' by running 'pycharm' in terminal
Currently I need to access the folder in my desktop, and then a bin subfolder to reach ./pycharm.
So I want to automate all of:
cd Desktop
cd pycharm-community-2021.3.1
cd bin
./pycharm.sh
to
pycharm
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Adding directory path to a log file name
Am writing script using bash.
I have a name for a log file log and want to prepend a directory path $destin. But $destin can either end with / or without /.
log="$destin/$log"
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python virtualenv activation in bashrc causes environment variables to be overwritten
I have a virtual environment which I usually activate by default in my bashrc via source ~/.venv/env/bin/activate. This has been working fine on an old MacBook Air and Linux Desktops and servers (I ...
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Need to set a new default path for command in Linux
Basically, what the title says. I'm setting up a new version of LUA and HAProxy under my user account in Redhat, so the bin directory that contains it is /home/user1/testing/usr/local/bin. I've ...
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Fixing PATH on BASH / WINDOWS
I'm running Windows 10, and have BASH terminal in VisualStudioCode. My problem is that commands such as LS do not work. After some googling, i found that using this command fixes it:
export PATH=/usr/...
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The weird order when concating variables and string with '_' [duplicate]
I want to concatenate a variable and a string.
while read subject;
do
pathproc=/projects/guo_lab/cbis/users/yang/DICA_result
echo ${pathproc}/${subject}"_"weight
done < /projects/...
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Where is the login shell path set for /user/games etc..?
When I launch a terminal in ubuntu I get following path on echo $PATH
/home/myuser/anaconda3/condabin:/home/myuser/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/...
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Command not found in zsh, but found in bash
I'm using zsh on ubuntu and I created a symlink for bat as so:
ln -s /usr/bin/batcat /home/user_name/.local/bin/bat
hitting ls -l from ~/.local/bin shows:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 tux tux 15 May 19 13:47 ...
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This command: ". .bashrc" has resulted in: “-bash: /usr/bin/whoami: Argument list too long” whenever I try to execute any command
While following instructions at a forum post to install something over ssh at an external machine, I executed the following command without thinking:
. .bashrc
I have never seen the command before ...
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How to change .profle and have the setting effective without sourcing .profile every time or needing to reboot?
If it is on the Mac or on Ubuntu, sometimes we have to add a path to PATH:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33725639/npm-install-g-less-does-not-work-eacces-permission-denied
# add the following to ...
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Enforcing native Python3 to show up when I enter Python in CentOS 7
I have installed both native Python 3 and Anaconda Python 3 however, at the moment, I want to use native Python 3 when I enter $ python. Do you know why it defaults to Anaconda Python 3 and how can I ...
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Debian 10: Setting PATH variable inside .profile does not work
I'm currently running Debian 10 Xfce and I would like to update my PATH variable to include /opt/bin and ~/.local/bin. As per these - 1 2 answers, I put the following lines in my ~/.profile file:
if [ ...
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PATH execution via alias
I do not understand how PATH & $PATH is treated by the shell. Consider the following: alias testCMD=PATH=$PATH
I can run
$ testCMD vim
But it would not work if I declared alias testCMD=$PATH
Also ...
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How do i print the path of excuatable in echo [duplicate]
SO i have a Bash Script like this and goal is to determine the path of an executable file and i want to print it, here is what i'm doing
#!/bin/bash
exepath=which exe
echo "$exepath"
Now ...
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I sourced my .bashrc file and now get: “-bash: /usr/bin/whoami: Argument list too long” so that I can't execute any commands. Using ssh
I use an external HPC system via ssh. Today I tried to install "ASE" a Python code for dealing with atoms. I followed instructions to modify my .bashrc file but kept getting ...
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bashrc export path problem
I opened my .bashrc file using nano .bashrc in terminal. After that, at the end of the .bashrc file I added following lines
export PATH= "$PATH:$HOME/moltemplate/moltemplate”
export PATH= "$...
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.bashrc modifications not taking effect
A very basic question that I can't figure out the answer to: in my $HOME/.bashrc I'm setting up all sorts of stuff including the PATH environment variable, e.g. via:
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin&...
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PATH behaves differently in bash and csh when directory is execute only?
We have some applications in various subdirectories that we limit access to by unix group, and we want them to be execute only. So, for example, if we want members of the "chem" group to ...
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Bash script fails with spaces in absolute path variables
I am running following script to copy files from CIFS share mounted on the system to another destination system. The absolute path of CIFS share contains few spaces and so it fails for that path, I ...
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Somethings wrong with .bashrc
I read a tutorial about how to add a folder to PATH. I added the below to the .bashrc file:
export PATH=/opt/aseprite/build/bin
When I tried to use source ./.bashrc from zsh
I got this error
/home/...
