Answer the question below:

a. The PATH (Sobell, page 318) keyword variable specifies the directories in
the order bash should search them when it searches for a script or program
you run from the command line. What is the value of your PATH variable?
b. Append the absolute pathname of the bin directory that is a subdirectory of
your home directory to the PATH variable. What does this change allow
you to do more easily?


a.
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin
b.
$ PATH=$PATH:/home/max/bin
$ echo $PATH

/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/home/max/bin
Adding the ~/bin directory to PATH allows you to run scripts in that direc-
tory by just typing a simple filename (you do not need to type a pathname
that includes a slash).

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