Have a laugh at my stupid question

davidhilbert · 04-29-2006, 04:59 AM

Yes, I know how stupid this question makes me sound.

I don't know the value of my PATH environment variable. How do I find out what it is? I need to put a script "on my PATH" and I'm the only user in the world that doesn't know how. Is there a getenv command?

acid_kewpie · 04-29-2006, 05:01 AM

your question is fine.. i'd say the title is much much worse.. please use useful titles, e.g. "how do i show my PATH variable" etc...

just open a terminal and type "echo $PATH" and hit enter.

reddazz · 04-29-2006, 05:01 AM

If you are using bash, zsh and other similar shells, do

Code:

echo $PATH

The script you need to run needs to be in a directory in your path. You can also add other directories to your path by editing /etc/profile or user specific files such as .bash_profile and .zprofile.

davidhilbert · 04-29-2006, 05:05 AM

Thank you very much for your help.

Perhaps the reason I couldn't find this simple info was because people used silly titles for their post. I apologise.

drkstr · 04-29-2006, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Perhaps the reason I couldn't find this simple info was because people used silly titles for their post. I apologise.

I think he get's it.

regards,
...drkstr