Walt Mankowski via plug on 1 Jun 2023 08:20:15 -0700 |
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Re: [PLUG] zsh: command not found: |
I was wondering about that too, but I'd forgotten that he said he was on macOS. That's got to be what was causing his error! Walt On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 09:43:41AM -0400, Aaron Mulder via plug wrote: > Wait, so the original error was using /home/ron/bin instead of > /Users/ron/bin? > > Thanks, > Aaron > > On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 9:18 AM Walt Mankowski via plug < > plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 11:19:28PM -0400, JP Vossen via plug wrote: > > > On 5/31/23 10:36 PM, Gary Duzan via plug wrote: > > > > > I always do #!/bin/sh > > > > > But I've seen lots of others use #!/usr/bin/env bash > > > > > What's the advantage of the latter? > > > > > > > > It gets bash from the PATH instead of whatever specific path you > > > > specify. If you have a non-standard setup, or if you want to use a > > > > different version installed elsewhere, this can be a benefit. It could > > > > also be a security issue if you accidentally put something insecure in > > > > your PATH and you end up running a worm called "bash" from there. I've > > > > seen the end trick most often with python, presumably from the days > > > > when it wasn't standard equipment, so you ended up putting it in > > > > /usr/local/bin or $HOME/bin or something. My NetBSD systems have it in > > > > /usr/pkg/bin. > > > > > > What Gary said, but also don't use `sh` when you mean `bash`. That used > > to Just Work on Linux (but not elsewhere), but since about 2016 it's not > > reliable on Linux either, due to use of `dash` as `sh` instead of the much > > larger and thus slower `bash`. > > > > > > I'm torn on the hard-code vs. `env` approach. `env` is more portable, > > but there are possible path/poisoning issues as noted. `#!/bin/bash` is > > just easier to type and more familiar. :-) > > > > Another advantage of using the `env` approach with python and perl is > > that it lets you use tools like pyenv and plenv to switch the version > > of the interpreter you're using without having to change your code or > > your system python/perl. > > > > Walt > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug