Re: [PLUG] zsh: command not found:

[Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

I'm glad it worked!

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 09:00:35PM -0400, Ronald P Guilmet via plug wrote:
> Ok, that worked Walt. Thank you. Simple mistake. I changed it to:
> 
> export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
> 
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:51 PM Ronald P Guilmet <ronpguilmet@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > This is my .zshrc file. I had to create it.
> >
> > export PATH=$PATH:/home/ron/bin
> >
> > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:08 PM Walt Mankowski via plug <
> > plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 08:00:47PM -0400, Ronald P Guilmet via plug wrote:
> >> > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 7:06 PM Walt Mankowski via plug <
> >> > plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 06:49:18PM -0400, Ronald P Guilmet via plug
> >> wrote:
> >> > > > I've been having issues with my MacBook Pro executing scripts
> >> without
> >> > > > having the absolute path.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 1. The path /home/ron/bin has been added to the .zshrc, and can be
> >> > > verified
> >> > > > by echoing the $PATH variable.
> >> > > > 2. The script is executable u+x myfile. Even tried 755
> >> > > > 3. The file is a bash script with the proper shebang path to
> >> /bin/bash,
> >> > > and
> >> > > > the bash location is verified by 'which bash'.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I can only execute with ./home/ron/bin/myfile
> >> > > > I thought it might have been a zsh thing, but even going to 'exec
> >> bash',
> >> > > I
> >> > > > have the same issue 'bash: command not found: myfile'.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The only way to execute the file, is to give the absolute path.
> >> It's not
> >> > > > really a big deal, just trying to figure it out.
> >> > >
> >> > > Interesting. I have a few things to try:
> >> > >
> >> > > 1. What happens when you run `which myfile`?
> >> > > 2. Does it only happen with scripts? If you compile hello_world.c and
> >> > > put it in bin, can you execute that without a full path?
> >> > >
> >> > > > The other Mac oddity is why I am a part of a staff group, and not
> >> like
> >> > > > Linux where I'm ron:ron for a home directory.
> >> > >
> >> > > macOS comes from BSD, which does things a little differently. That
> >> > > said, I don't know if other BSDs default to the 'staff' group.
> >> > >
> >> > > Walt
> >> > >
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> >> > 1. What happens when you run `which myfile`?
> >> > file not found
> >> >
> >> > 2. Does it only happen with scripts? If you compile hello_world.c and
> >> > put it in bin, can you execute that without a full path?
> >> >
> >> > No. I compiled a Hello World in C, and I can't run it without ./hello.
> >> If I
> >> > copy the file into /usr/local/bin it works. Interesting for sure.
> >>
> >> This suggests that your PATH is incorrect. How did you change it? If
> >> you just said something like `PATH=$PATH:~/bin`, did you remember to
> >> export it?
> >>
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> Ron Guilmet

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