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Common places to make PATH additions
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# A list of potential files where users or scripts/apps/whatevs might add to the PATH
~/.bash_profile
~/.bashrc
~/.profile
~/.bash_custom
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tylergaw commented Aug 9, 2014

Are there other common or not-so-common files where PATH might be modified?

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tylergaw commented Aug 9, 2014

Also, in my bash script I'm planning to source each of these in order until a program I'm looking for is found. In this case I'm trying to determine if and where node is installed.

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tylergaw commented Aug 9, 2014

Putting this here because it's very helpful http://shreevatsa.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/zshbash-startup-files-loading-order-bashrc-zshrc-etc/

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