How do I edit PATH bash profile on OSX

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I am trying to edit an entry to PATH  as I did something wrong    I am using Mac OS X 10 10 3   I have tried     gt  touch    bash profile  open    bash profile   But the file editor opens with nothing inside   My problem   I am trying to install ANDROID HOME to my PATH  I misspelled it  but when I closed the terminal and went back it was gone  so I tried again    export ANDROID HOME   lt installation location gt  android-sdk-macosx export PATH   PATH   ANDROID HOME tools  ANDROID HOME platform-tools    This time  I typed the command correctly but  when I closed the terminal  my settings disappeared again   How do I execute my desired settings   If I was to edit bash profile  how would I enter the above code    Thanks

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A bit more detailed for beginners   Before you begin with  bash profile on Mac  please be aware that since macOS Catalina zsh  z shell  is the default shell  Therefore stuff we used to put in the  bash profile now belongs to the  zshenv or the  zshrc file   zshenv  zshrc     Found here   zshenv  invocations of the shell  Often contains exported variables that should be available to other programs  For example   PATH   zshrc  Sourced in interactive shells only  It should contain commands to set up aliases  functions  options  key bindings  etc   STEP 1 Make sure the  bash profile file is existing   or the  zshenv of course  Remember that the  bash profile file isn t there by default  You have to create it on your own  Go into your user folder in finder  The  bash profile file should be findable there  - gt  HD Users  USERNAME  Remember  Files with a point at the beginning     are hidden by default  To show hidden files in Mac OS Finder  Press  Command   Shift      If it s not existing  you have to create  bash profile on your own  Open terminal app and switch into user folder with simple command  cd  If it s not existing  use this command to create the file  touch  bash profile  STEP 2 If you can t memorise the nerdy commands for save and close in vim  nano etc  the way recommended above  the easiest way to edit is to open  bash profile  or the  zshenv  file in your favored code editor  Sublime  Visual Studio Code  etc    Finder - gt  User folder  Right click - gt  open with   Visual Studio Code  or other code editor   Or drag it on app in dock      and there you can edit it  pass export commands in new lines

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Mac OS X doesn t store the path in  bash profile  but  profile  since Mac OS X is a branch of  BSD family  You should be able to see the export blah blah blah in  profile once you do cat  profile on your terminal

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You have to open that file with a text editor and then save it   touch    bash profile  open    bash profile   It will open the file with TextEdit  paste your things and then save it  If you open it again you ll find your edits   You can use other editors   nano    bash profile mate    bash profile vim    bash profile   But if you don t know how to use them  it s easier to use the open approach     Alternatively  you can rely on pbpaste  Copy  export ANDROID HOME   lt installation location gt  android-sdk-macosx export PATH   PATH   ANDROID HOME tools  ANDROID HOME platform-tools   in the system clipboard and then in a shell run  pbpaste  gt     bash profile     Or alternatively you can also use cat  cat  gt     bash profile    now cat waits for input  paste the two export definitions and then hit ctrl-D

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If you are using MAC Catalina you need to update the  zshrc file instead of  bash profile or  profile

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Determine which shell you re using by typing echo  SHELL in Terminal   Then open create correct rc file  For Bash it s  HOME  bash profile or  HOME  bashrc  For Z shell it s  HOME  zshrc   Add this line to the file end   export PATH   PATH  your new path    To verify  refresh variables by restarting Terminal or typing source  HOME   lt rc file gt  and then do echo  PATH

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For me my mac OS is Mojave  and I m facing the same issue for three days and in the  end  I just write the correct path in the  bash profile file which is like this       export PATH  Users  YOURNAME  development flutter bin  PATH    note1  if u don t have   bash profile create one and write the line above note2  zip your downloaded flutter SDK in  home  development if you copy and paste this path

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Simplest answer is  Step 1  Fire up Terminal app Step 2  Type nano  bash profile     This command will open the  bash profile document  or create it if it doesn   t already exist  in the easiest to use text editor in Terminal     Nano  Step 3  Now you can make a simple change to the file  Paste these lines of code to change your Terminal prompt  export PS1  quot                           w    h   u   n    gt   quot  export PS2  quot     gt   quot  Step 4  Now save your changes by typing ctrl  o Hit return to save  Then exit Nano by typing ctrl x Step 5  Now we need to  activate your changes  Type source  bash profile and watch your prompt change  That s it  Enjoy

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Set the path JAVA HOME and ANDROID HOME    You have to open terminal and enter the below cmd   touch    bash profile  open    bash profile   After that paste below paths in base profile file and save it  export ANDROID HOME  Users  lt username gt  Library Android sdk  export PATH   JAVA HOME bin  ANDROID HOME platform-tools  ANDROID HOME emulator  PATH  export JAVA HOME  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 8 0 221 jdk Contents Home

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For beginners  To create your  bash profile file in your home directory on MacOS  run   nano    bash profile  Then you can paste in the following   https   gist github com mocon 0baf15e62163a07cb957888559d1b054  As you can see  it includes some example aliases and an environment variable at the bottom   One you re done making your changes  follow the instructions at the bottom of the Nano editor window to WriteOut  Ctrl-O  and Exit  Ctrl-X   Then quit your Terminal and reopen it  and you will be able to use your newly defined aliases and environment variables

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In Macbook  step by step     First of all open terminal and write it  cd    Create your bash file  touch  bash profile   You created your   bash profile  file but if you would like to edit it  you should write it    Edit your bash profile  open -e  bash profile   After you can save from top-left corner of screen  File   Save   canerkaseler

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