Mac Terminal PATH settings

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Reset your PATH variable

Everytime I open Terminal I need to set the PATH using:

PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin

Otherwise commands like 'ls' do not work. This is a pain. How do you fix the PATH so that each time you open the Terminal you don't need to set the PATH?

If you need to do this every time, something is broken. – You Aug 28 '12 at 13:00 — You, Aug 28 '12 at 13:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:40

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You can do this by editing the .profile file in your home directory - just add your PATH command into there and it will be executed each time you open a Terminal window.

You can read about some other ways to do this in this question.

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answered Aug 28 '12 at 12:05

codebox

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:40

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One good way is to set your environment variables in /etc/launchd.conf, as shown here. Putting them in launchd.conf makes them accessible in the terminal as well as in any code you may write which uses the environment settings.

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answered Aug 28 '12 at 12:57

Peter Roe

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Mac Terminal PATH settings

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