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Bash - Adding a new PATH on macOS
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Example

Manually

(edit ~/.bash_profile and append)

# Setting PATH for something
PATH="/new/dir/location/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

Terminal

echo "export PATH=/new/dir/location/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile

Then reload the profile

source ~/.bash_profile

Note

This reloads your bash profile in the current tab or session. Either you enter this command on every tab or session, or restart Terminal.

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