not valid in this context: PATH+ when source ~/.bash_profile in macos
My bash_profile as follows:
export PATH+=":/Users/steve/workspace/bash-tools/misc";
when I use
source ~/.bash_profile
it said
/Users/style/.bash_profile:export:2: not valid in this context: PATH+
I searched on Google but found nothing, please help
macos terminal
asked Nov 21 at 2:28
Steve Lam
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My bash_profile as follows:
export PATH+=":/Users/steve/workspace/bash-tools/misc";
when I use
source ~/.bash_profile
it said
/Users/style/.bash_profile:export:2: not valid in this context: PATH+
I searched on Google but found nothing, please help
macos terminal
asked Nov 21 at 2:28
Steve Lam
448818
Are you using bash, or zsh? That looks like a zsh error message...
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 21 at 3:32
I'm using zsh. Is it a problem?
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 4:31
add a comment |
My bash_profile as follows:
export PATH+=":/Users/steve/workspace/bash-tools/misc";
when I use
source ~/.bash_profile
it said
/Users/style/.bash_profile:export:2: not valid in this context: PATH+
I searched on Google but found nothing, please help
macos terminal
asked Nov 21 at 2:28
Steve Lam
448818
My bash_profile as follows:
export PATH+=":/Users/steve/workspace/bash-tools/misc";
when I use
source ~/.bash_profile
it said
/Users/style/.bash_profile:export:2: not valid in this context: PATH+
I searched on Google but found nothing, please help
macos terminal
macos terminal
asked Nov 21 at 2:28
Steve Lam
448818
asked Nov 21 at 2:28
Steve Lam
448818
asked Nov 21 at 2:28
Steve Lam
448818
asked Nov 21 at 2:28
Steve Lam
448818
asked Nov 21 at 2:28
Steve Lam
448818
448818
Are you using bash, or zsh? That looks like a zsh error message...
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 21 at 3:32
I'm using zsh. Is it a problem?
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 4:31
add a comment |
Are you using bash, or zsh? That looks like a zsh error message...
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 21 at 3:32
I'm using zsh. Is it a problem?
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 4:31
Are you using bash, or zsh? That looks like a zsh error message...
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 21 at 3:32
Are you using bash, or zsh? That looks like a zsh error message...
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 21 at 3:32
I'm using zsh. Is it a problem?
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 4:31
I'm using zsh. Is it a problem?
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 4:31
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zsh's export command doesn't support the += operator, just =. The standard way to do this is to explicitly include the old PATH value:
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/steve/workspace/bash-tools/misc"
...but there's another problem. You said this was in your bash_profile, and that's explicitly a bash init file, not zsh. If you want setup to be shared between both bash and zsh, I'd recommend doing something like putting the actual setup code in ~/.profile (which is the generic startup file for POSIX login shells), and then sourceing it from separate ~/.zprofile and ~/.bash_profile files, like this:
[ -f ~/.profile ] || source ~/.profile
This way, you can also add zsh-only setup in the ~/.zprofile file, bash-only setup in the ~/.bash_profile file, and still have them share most of the setup.
On the other hand, if you only use zsh, then just put it in ~/.zprofile.
answered Nov 21 at 5:40
Gordon Davisson
67.4k97792
could you give more detail on how to do it, I don't quite get the step to do
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 7:56
1
@SteveLam To fix the error you're getting, replace theexportcommand in your bash_profile with the one I gave above. To fix your profile setup... that's much more complicated. I'd have to know more about what shells you use and for what, and what's in your current init file(s) to give you much more advice than I did above.
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 22 at 1:07
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zsh's export command doesn't support the += operator, just =. The standard way to do this is to explicitly include the old PATH value:
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/steve/workspace/bash-tools/misc"
...but there's another problem. You said this was in your bash_profile, and that's explicitly a bash init file, not zsh. If you want setup to be shared between both bash and zsh, I'd recommend doing something like putting the actual setup code in ~/.profile (which is the generic startup file for POSIX login shells), and then sourceing it from separate ~/.zprofile and ~/.bash_profile files, like this:
[ -f ~/.profile ] || source ~/.profile
This way, you can also add zsh-only setup in the ~/.zprofile file, bash-only setup in the ~/.bash_profile file, and still have them share most of the setup.
On the other hand, if you only use zsh, then just put it in ~/.zprofile.
answered Nov 21 at 5:40
Gordon Davisson
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could you give more detail on how to do it, I don't quite get the step to do
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 7:56
1
@SteveLam To fix the error you're getting, replace theexportcommand in your bash_profile with the one I gave above. To fix your profile setup... that's much more complicated. I'd have to know more about what shells you use and for what, and what's in your current init file(s) to give you much more advice than I did above.
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 22 at 1:07
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zsh's export command doesn't support the += operator, just =. The standard way to do this is to explicitly include the old PATH value:
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/steve/workspace/bash-tools/misc"
...but there's another problem. You said this was in your bash_profile, and that's explicitly a bash init file, not zsh. If you want setup to be shared between both bash and zsh, I'd recommend doing something like putting the actual setup code in ~/.profile (which is the generic startup file for POSIX login shells), and then sourceing it from separate ~/.zprofile and ~/.bash_profile files, like this:
[ -f ~/.profile ] || source ~/.profile
This way, you can also add zsh-only setup in the ~/.zprofile file, bash-only setup in the ~/.bash_profile file, and still have them share most of the setup.
On the other hand, if you only use zsh, then just put it in ~/.zprofile.
answered Nov 21 at 5:40
Gordon Davisson
67.4k97792
could you give more detail on how to do it, I don't quite get the step to do
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 7:56
1
@SteveLam To fix the error you're getting, replace theexportcommand in your bash_profile with the one I gave above. To fix your profile setup... that's much more complicated. I'd have to know more about what shells you use and for what, and what's in your current init file(s) to give you much more advice than I did above.
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 22 at 1:07
add a comment |
zsh's export command doesn't support the += operator, just =. The standard way to do this is to explicitly include the old PATH value:
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/steve/workspace/bash-tools/misc"
...but there's another problem. You said this was in your bash_profile, and that's explicitly a bash init file, not zsh. If you want setup to be shared between both bash and zsh, I'd recommend doing something like putting the actual setup code in ~/.profile (which is the generic startup file for POSIX login shells), and then sourceing it from separate ~/.zprofile and ~/.bash_profile files, like this:
[ -f ~/.profile ] || source ~/.profile
This way, you can also add zsh-only setup in the ~/.zprofile file, bash-only setup in the ~/.bash_profile file, and still have them share most of the setup.
On the other hand, if you only use zsh, then just put it in ~/.zprofile.
answered Nov 21 at 5:40
Gordon Davisson
67.4k97792
zsh's export command doesn't support the += operator, just =. The standard way to do this is to explicitly include the old PATH value:
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/steve/workspace/bash-tools/misc"
...but there's another problem. You said this was in your bash_profile, and that's explicitly a bash init file, not zsh. If you want setup to be shared between both bash and zsh, I'd recommend doing something like putting the actual setup code in ~/.profile (which is the generic startup file for POSIX login shells), and then sourceing it from separate ~/.zprofile and ~/.bash_profile files, like this:
[ -f ~/.profile ] || source ~/.profile
This way, you can also add zsh-only setup in the ~/.zprofile file, bash-only setup in the ~/.bash_profile file, and still have them share most of the setup.
On the other hand, if you only use zsh, then just put it in ~/.zprofile.
answered Nov 21 at 5:40
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Gordon Davisson
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could you give more detail on how to do it, I don't quite get the step to do
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 7:56
1
@SteveLam To fix the error you're getting, replace theexportcommand in your bash_profile with the one I gave above. To fix your profile setup... that's much more complicated. I'd have to know more about what shells you use and for what, and what's in your current init file(s) to give you much more advice than I did above.
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 22 at 1:07
add a comment |
could you give more detail on how to do it, I don't quite get the step to do
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 7:56
1
@SteveLam To fix the error you're getting, replace theexportcommand in your bash_profile with the one I gave above. To fix your profile setup... that's much more complicated. I'd have to know more about what shells you use and for what, and what's in your current init file(s) to give you much more advice than I did above.
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 22 at 1:07
could you give more detail on how to do it, I don't quite get the step to do
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 7:56
could you give more detail on how to do it, I don't quite get the step to do
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 7:56
1
1
@SteveLam To fix the error you're getting, replace the
export command in your bash_profile with the one I gave above. To fix your profile setup... that's much more complicated. I'd have to know more about what shells you use and for what, and what's in your current init file(s) to give you much more advice than I did above.– Gordon Davisson
Nov 22 at 1:07
@SteveLam To fix the error you're getting, replace the
export command in your bash_profile with the one I gave above. To fix your profile setup... that's much more complicated. I'd have to know more about what shells you use and for what, and what's in your current init file(s) to give you much more advice than I did above.– Gordon Davisson
Nov 22 at 1:07
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Are you using bash, or zsh? That looks like a zsh error message...
– Gordon Davisson
Nov 21 at 3:32
I'm using zsh. Is it a problem?
– Steve Lam
Nov 21 at 4:31