Path command

[Phil Dobbin]

On 05/03/2013 06:54 AM, Stephen wrote:

> It seems like my path variable in Ubuntu 12.04 got corrupted some how.
> Programs that I used to start in a terminal are saying path not found or
> /dir/dir/dir/ is not in the path
> 
> When I type path in the terminal it says path not found. I thought it
> was like dos and when you typed a variable in the terminal it told you
> what the setting for that variable is.
> 
> Is there some way I can restore the path variable?

Another way to investigate your $PATH fully is to issue:

$ env

& that will list everything (& I mean everything).

Furthermore, unless you've written to your bashrc, bash_profile or
profile it may just be temporarily screwed, so open a new terminal
window & see if the problem persists.

Cheers,

  Phil...

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