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Add folder to PATH
I want to a add a directory to my bash to search in, and I am using the $PATH=.... it works however when I open a new command window it is not there.
How can I permanently add this to the path on Linux?
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2
Possible Duplicate:
Add folder to PATH
I want to a add a directory to my bash to search in, and I am using the $PATH=.... it works however when I open a new command window it is not there.
How can I permanently add this to the path on Linux?
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Add a PATH=$PATH:.
line to your ~/.bashrc
. See this question for details.
1should you mount a filesystem peppered with malicious executable files or share a box with a bunch of clowns, then prepend your path and cd to such a silly directory, suggest you aws ec2 terminate-instances
or docker rmi
with prejudice – nik.shornikov – 2017-01-08T20:30:54.597
13Bear in my that adding current folder to the path is security risk, it exposes user of never knowing if its running command from some unsecured folder or a normal system command ( 'ls' for example) – bbaja42 – 2011-10-26T16:48:53.707
5And before someone claims that adding the current directory at the end of PATH
is safe, an attacker can still run code as you by creating a program or script named after misspelled commands, such as mroe
, tial
, vmi
, emasc
, etc. Those won't be found earlier in the path, and then you end up running the attacker's code as you. – Fran – 2012-06-08T20:42:34.103
Related topic. – Daniel Beck – 2011-10-26T16:25:24.250
3A remark: adding the current working directory to your path is considered very dangerous. You cannot move around safely in any filesystem anymore. Just imagine, someone places a script called "ls" in his home or any directory which calls "rm -f" on your home or any other sensitive files. – barbaz – 2011-10-26T19:57:22.577