How to reset $PATH after accidentally setting it to something nonsense?
I'm on Mac OS X High Sierra. I was doing an scp command, repeated several times so I wanted to be clever and just set the variable $IMAGE for the image name and $PATH if I needed to add an extra path to it. Well, I set the $PATH variable to "page-attachments" so naturally no linux commands will work in the CLI now. I can't even try to redefine $PATH. Any command returns
-bash: page-attachments: command not found
Is there a way for me to reset it to whatever it was? I can't vim .bashrc or .bash_profile because even vim doesn't work now. I'm not sure if it was /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin or something else or what other repercussions there are.
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I'm on Mac OS X High Sierra. I was doing an scp command, repeated several times so I wanted to be clever and just set the variable $IMAGE for the image name and $PATH if I needed to add an extra path to it. Well, I set the $PATH variable to "page-attachments" so naturally no linux commands will work in the CLI now. I can't even try to redefine $PATH. Any command returns
-bash: page-attachments: command not found
Is there a way for me to reset it to whatever it was? I can't vim .bashrc or .bash_profile because even vim doesn't work now. I'm not sure if it was /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin or something else or what other repercussions there are.
path
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new terminal ? logoff/logon ?
– Archemar
yesterday
2
I just came back to delete my post. The variable was only defined for that tab, so using a new tab reset it. I know that's basic but it was my first time using variables in CLI and not in bash scripts.
– Christia
yesterday
1
See also: unix.stackexchange.com/a/496440/117549
– Jeff Schaller♦
yesterday
Sometime Unix (or Mac OS for that matter) is forgiving ...
– Archemar
yesterday
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I'm on Mac OS X High Sierra. I was doing an scp command, repeated several times so I wanted to be clever and just set the variable $IMAGE for the image name and $PATH if I needed to add an extra path to it. Well, I set the $PATH variable to "page-attachments" so naturally no linux commands will work in the CLI now. I can't even try to redefine $PATH. Any command returns
-bash: page-attachments: command not found
Is there a way for me to reset it to whatever it was? I can't vim .bashrc or .bash_profile because even vim doesn't work now. I'm not sure if it was /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin or something else or what other repercussions there are.
path
asked yesterday
ChristiaChristia
16511
I'm on Mac OS X High Sierra. I was doing an scp command, repeated several times so I wanted to be clever and just set the variable $IMAGE for the image name and $PATH if I needed to add an extra path to it. Well, I set the $PATH variable to "page-attachments" so naturally no linux commands will work in the CLI now. I can't even try to redefine $PATH. Any command returns
-bash: page-attachments: command not found
Is there a way for me to reset it to whatever it was? I can't vim .bashrc or .bash_profile because even vim doesn't work now. I'm not sure if it was /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin or something else or what other repercussions there are.
path
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new terminal ? logoff/logon ?
– Archemar
yesterday
2
I just came back to delete my post. The variable was only defined for that tab, so using a new tab reset it. I know that's basic but it was my first time using variables in CLI and not in bash scripts.
– Christia
yesterday
1
See also: unix.stackexchange.com/a/496440/117549
– Jeff Schaller♦
yesterday
Sometime Unix (or Mac OS for that matter) is forgiving ...
– Archemar
yesterday
add a comment |
2
new terminal ? logoff/logon ?
– Archemar
yesterday
2
I just came back to delete my post. The variable was only defined for that tab, so using a new tab reset it. I know that's basic but it was my first time using variables in CLI and not in bash scripts.
– Christia
yesterday
1
See also: unix.stackexchange.com/a/496440/117549
– Jeff Schaller♦
yesterday
Sometime Unix (or Mac OS for that matter) is forgiving ...
– Archemar
yesterday
2
2
new terminal ? logoff/logon ?
– Archemar
yesterday
new terminal ? logoff/logon ?
– Archemar
yesterday
2
2
I just came back to delete my post. The variable was only defined for that tab, so using a new tab reset it. I know that's basic but it was my first time using variables in CLI and not in bash scripts.
– Christia
yesterday
I just came back to delete my post. The variable was only defined for that tab, so using a new tab reset it. I know that's basic but it was my first time using variables in CLI and not in bash scripts.
– Christia
yesterday
1
1
See also: unix.stackexchange.com/a/496440/117549
– Jeff Schaller♦
yesterday
See also: unix.stackexchange.com/a/496440/117549
– Jeff Schaller♦
yesterday
Sometime Unix (or Mac OS for that matter) is forgiving ...
– Archemar
yesterday
Sometime Unix (or Mac OS for that matter) is forgiving ...
– Archemar
yesterday
add a comment |
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You could use something along the lines of:
PATH=$(/usr/bin/getconf PATH)
to use the full path to getconf, which will return a stock PATH value that you can use going forward.
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You could use something along the lines of:
PATH=$(/usr/bin/getconf PATH)
to use the full path to getconf, which will return a stock PATH value that you can use going forward.
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You could use something along the lines of:
PATH=$(/usr/bin/getconf PATH)
to use the full path to getconf, which will return a stock PATH value that you can use going forward.
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You could use something along the lines of:
PATH=$(/usr/bin/getconf PATH)
to use the full path to getconf, which will return a stock PATH value that you can use going forward.
edited yesterday
Kusalananda♦
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answered yesterday
Jeff Schaller♦Jeff Schaller
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You could use something along the lines of:
PATH=$(/usr/bin/getconf PATH)
to use the full path to getconf, which will return a stock PATH value that you can use going forward.
edited yesterday
Kusalananda♦
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new terminal ? logoff/logon ?
– Archemar
yesterday
2
I just came back to delete my post. The variable was only defined for that tab, so using a new tab reset it. I know that's basic but it was my first time using variables in CLI and not in bash scripts.
– Christia
yesterday
1
See also: unix.stackexchange.com/a/496440/117549
– Jeff Schaller♦
yesterday
Sometime Unix (or Mac OS for that matter) is forgiving ...
– Archemar
yesterday