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This might be a repeated question, but I couldn't relate to any previous answer. I basically want to run my shell-script from anywhere in ubuntu 16.04 (whether I'm inside the directory where the shell-script is placed or not).

I know the first method which is to place the shell-script inside the /home/user/bin directory (that is already set in the $PATH), change the shell-script permission mode and, finally, reset the bash by re-starting the terminal. This way everything worked fine.

But, since I want to learn how to set the environment myself, instead of using /home/user/bin I would like to use my own created directory.

So, I placed my shell-script inside a newly created /home/workspace/myproject/bin directory and, of course, I changed its mode. Then run the following command:

echo $PATH

Then, amended the $PATH variable as follow:

PATH="/echo/command/result:/home/workspace/myproject/bin"

Then, set the environment:

source /etc/environment && export PATH

But it doesn't work !

UPDATE

I know I could also do it through editing the ~/.profile file. But my aim is to do it directly from the terminal without having to open and edit a file. And you can see why, using only two commands in a row, immediately after finishing writing the shell-script, is much faster, right ?

To be clear: I want to know why resetting of the /etc/environment didn't work?

McLan
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Add this to the end of your ~/.profile

It checks to see if the directory exists, and if it does, then it adds it to the existing path.

# set PATH so it includes user's private /workspace/myproject/bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/workspace/myproject/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/workspace/myproject/bin:$PATH"
fi

then log out, and log back in.

heynnema
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