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Bash: $PATH explained!

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For starters, BASH is an acronym meaning Born Again Shell. $PATH are the places where it will look for commands and in the order in which they are placed.

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  1. #Show all the available paths
  2. chrisaiv$ echo $PATH
  3.  
  4. #Just for the BASH shell
  5. chrisaiv$ ~/.bash_profile
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  7. #.profile is for all shells
  8. chrisaiv$ .profile
  9.  
  10. #List all files and make it look pretty
  11. alias ll="ls -lahG"
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  13.              #1             #2              #3                  #4 (Existing Paths)
  14. export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"

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