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Check for duplicates in your $PATH variable
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
RAW_PATH_TMP=`mktemp` | |
CLEAN_PATH_TMP=`mktemp` | |
echo $PATH | sed 's/:/\n/g' | sort > $RAW_PATH_TMP | |
cat $RAW_PATH_TMP | uniq > $CLEAN_PATH_TMP | |
declare -i LINES=$(( `diff $RAW_PATH_TMP $CLEAN_PATH_TMP | wc -l` / 2 )) | |
if [ $LINES != 0 ] | |
then | |
echo -e "The following $LINES paths are duplicated in your PATH variable:" | |
diff -U 0 $RAW_PATH_TMP $CLEAN_PATH_TMP | sed -n '3,$p' | awk 'NR %2 == 0' | |
else | |
echo "No duplicates found in path" | |
fi | |
rm $RAW_PATH_TMP $CLEAN_PATH_TMP | |
exit $LINES |
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