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“not a valid identifier” when I do “export $PATH”
bash : export: `PATH:home/pi/netkit/bin:/usr/local … invalid indentifierAfter starting terminal always getting bash: export: “path” not a valid identifierbash: export: `--wait': not a valid identifierExport path with space in directory nameSetting environment variables with .bash_profile: only last export works properlyZsh: export: not valid in this contextError when exporting the result of a valid command as a bash variable“export VAR=thing && someCommand” reports “export: `&&': not a valid identifier”Can't export string variablesbash: ‘export: command not foundAfter starting terminal always getting bash: export: “path” not a valid identifierExport commands works in interactive mode, but produces error message in script
When I run export $PATH in bash, I get the error not a valid identifier. Why?
bash shell environment-variables
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When I run export $PATH in bash, I get the error not a valid identifier. Why?
bash shell environment-variables
asked Jun 17 '13 at 7:53
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296135
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In bash and other shells,$is “value of”. You're exporting the variablePATH, not accessing its value, so it'sexport PATHwith no$.
– Gilles
Jun 17 '13 at 18:10
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When I run export $PATH in bash, I get the error not a valid identifier. Why?
bash shell environment-variables
asked Jun 17 '13 at 7:53
ThaSaleniThaSaleni
296135
When I run export $PATH in bash, I get the error not a valid identifier. Why?
bash shell environment-variables
bash shell environment-variables
asked Jun 17 '13 at 7:53
ThaSaleniThaSaleni
296135
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ThaSaleniThaSaleni
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In bash and other shells,$is “value of”. You're exporting the variablePATH, not accessing its value, so it'sexport PATHwith no$.
– Gilles
Jun 17 '13 at 18:10
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In bash and other shells,$is “value of”. You're exporting the variablePATH, not accessing its value, so it'sexport PATHwith no$.
– Gilles
Jun 17 '13 at 18:10
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In bash and other shells,
$ is “value of”. You're exporting the variable PATH, not accessing its value, so it's export PATH with no $.– Gilles
Jun 17 '13 at 18:10
In bash and other shells,
$ is “value of”. You're exporting the variable PATH, not accessing its value, so it's export PATH with no $.– Gilles
Jun 17 '13 at 18:10
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Running export $PATH will try to export a variable with a name equal to the value of $PATH (after word splitting). That is, it's equivalent to writing something like export /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin. And since /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin is not a valid variable name, it fails. What you want to do is export PATH.
export (equivalent to declare -x) in Bash simply makes the variable available to subshells.
To print the value of a variable safely and readably, use printf %q "$PATH".
answered Jun 17 '13 at 8:19
l0b0l0b0
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Basically I have created some variables, JAVA_HOME, MAVEN_HOME and want to make sure that bash has properly set them, so I export $PATH to see if the path variables have been properly set to the PATH variable
– ThaSaleni
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
1
This is shell dependent, not OS dependent. I would be surprised ifexportever worked like that in Bash.
– l0b0
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
Additionally, the PATH variable is already exported and does not need to be exported again.
– Kusalananda
Apr 14 '18 at 9:57
add a comment |
The following command export $PATH=somePath will return not a valid identifier and that is because of the $ before the PATH variable.
solution:
export PATH=somePath
answered Jul 16 '15 at 19:00
Kevin CrainKevin Crain
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You should use it this way:
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
Instead of:
export $PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
just remove the $ sign from the LHS
answered 3 mins ago
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You probably had a need to append a $PATH to your existing PATH variable ?
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
answered Mar 14 '18 at 23:01
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– G-Man
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Running export $PATH will try to export a variable with a name equal to the value of $PATH (after word splitting). That is, it's equivalent to writing something like export /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin. And since /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin is not a valid variable name, it fails. What you want to do is export PATH.
export (equivalent to declare -x) in Bash simply makes the variable available to subshells.
To print the value of a variable safely and readably, use printf %q "$PATH".
answered Jun 17 '13 at 8:19
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Basically I have created some variables, JAVA_HOME, MAVEN_HOME and want to make sure that bash has properly set them, so I export $PATH to see if the path variables have been properly set to the PATH variable
– ThaSaleni
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
1
This is shell dependent, not OS dependent. I would be surprised ifexportever worked like that in Bash.
– l0b0
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
Additionally, the PATH variable is already exported and does not need to be exported again.
– Kusalananda
Apr 14 '18 at 9:57
add a comment |
Running export $PATH will try to export a variable with a name equal to the value of $PATH (after word splitting). That is, it's equivalent to writing something like export /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin. And since /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin is not a valid variable name, it fails. What you want to do is export PATH.
export (equivalent to declare -x) in Bash simply makes the variable available to subshells.
To print the value of a variable safely and readably, use printf %q "$PATH".
answered Jun 17 '13 at 8:19
l0b0l0b0
28.4k19120248
Basically I have created some variables, JAVA_HOME, MAVEN_HOME and want to make sure that bash has properly set them, so I export $PATH to see if the path variables have been properly set to the PATH variable
– ThaSaleni
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
1
This is shell dependent, not OS dependent. I would be surprised ifexportever worked like that in Bash.
– l0b0
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
Additionally, the PATH variable is already exported and does not need to be exported again.
– Kusalananda
Apr 14 '18 at 9:57
add a comment |
Running export $PATH will try to export a variable with a name equal to the value of $PATH (after word splitting). That is, it's equivalent to writing something like export /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin. And since /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin is not a valid variable name, it fails. What you want to do is export PATH.
export (equivalent to declare -x) in Bash simply makes the variable available to subshells.
To print the value of a variable safely and readably, use printf %q "$PATH".
answered Jun 17 '13 at 8:19
l0b0l0b0
28.4k19120248
Running export $PATH will try to export a variable with a name equal to the value of $PATH (after word splitting). That is, it's equivalent to writing something like export /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin. And since /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin is not a valid variable name, it fails. What you want to do is export PATH.
export (equivalent to declare -x) in Bash simply makes the variable available to subshells.
To print the value of a variable safely and readably, use printf %q "$PATH".
answered Jun 17 '13 at 8:19
l0b0l0b0
28.4k19120248
edited Apr 14 '18 at 20:59
answered Jun 17 '13 at 8:19
l0b0l0b0
28.4k19120248
answered Jun 17 '13 at 8:19
l0b0l0b0
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Basically I have created some variables, JAVA_HOME, MAVEN_HOME and want to make sure that bash has properly set them, so I export $PATH to see if the path variables have been properly set to the PATH variable
– ThaSaleni
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
1
This is shell dependent, not OS dependent. I would be surprised ifexportever worked like that in Bash.
– l0b0
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
Additionally, the PATH variable is already exported and does not need to be exported again.
– Kusalananda
Apr 14 '18 at 9:57
add a comment |
Basically I have created some variables, JAVA_HOME, MAVEN_HOME and want to make sure that bash has properly set them, so I export $PATH to see if the path variables have been properly set to the PATH variable
– ThaSaleni
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
1
This is shell dependent, not OS dependent. I would be surprised ifexportever worked like that in Bash.
– l0b0
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
Additionally, the PATH variable is already exported and does not need to be exported again.
– Kusalananda
Apr 14 '18 at 9:57
Basically I have created some variables, JAVA_HOME, MAVEN_HOME and want to make sure that bash has properly set them, so I export $PATH to see if the path variables have been properly set to the PATH variable
– ThaSaleni
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
Basically I have created some variables, JAVA_HOME, MAVEN_HOME and want to make sure that bash has properly set them, so I export $PATH to see if the path variables have been properly set to the PATH variable
– ThaSaleni
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
1
1
This is shell dependent, not OS dependent. I would be surprised if
export ever worked like that in Bash.– l0b0
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
This is shell dependent, not OS dependent. I would be surprised if
export ever worked like that in Bash.– l0b0
Jun 17 '13 at 10:04
Additionally, the PATH variable is already exported and does not need to be exported again.
– Kusalananda
Apr 14 '18 at 9:57
Additionally, the PATH variable is already exported and does not need to be exported again.
– Kusalananda
Apr 14 '18 at 9:57
add a comment |
The following command export $PATH=somePath will return not a valid identifier and that is because of the $ before the PATH variable.
solution:
export PATH=somePath
answered Jul 16 '15 at 19:00
Kevin CrainKevin Crain
26123
add a comment |
The following command export $PATH=somePath will return not a valid identifier and that is because of the $ before the PATH variable.
solution:
export PATH=somePath
answered Jul 16 '15 at 19:00
Kevin CrainKevin Crain
26123
add a comment |
The following command export $PATH=somePath will return not a valid identifier and that is because of the $ before the PATH variable.
solution:
export PATH=somePath
answered Jul 16 '15 at 19:00
Kevin CrainKevin Crain
26123
The following command export $PATH=somePath will return not a valid identifier and that is because of the $ before the PATH variable.
solution:
export PATH=somePath
answered Jul 16 '15 at 19:00
Kevin CrainKevin Crain
26123
answered Jul 16 '15 at 19:00
Kevin CrainKevin Crain
26123
answered Jul 16 '15 at 19:00
Kevin CrainKevin Crain
26123
answered Jul 16 '15 at 19:00
Kevin CrainKevin Crain
26123
26123
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add a comment |
You should use it this way:
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
Instead of:
export $PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
just remove the $ sign from the LHS
answered 3 mins ago
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You should use it this way:
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
Instead of:
export $PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
just remove the $ sign from the LHS
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You should use it this way:
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
Instead of:
export $PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
just remove the $ sign from the LHS
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You should use it this way:
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
Instead of:
export $PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
just remove the $ sign from the LHS
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You probably had a need to append a $PATH to your existing PATH variable ?
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
answered Mar 14 '18 at 23:01
Thad GuidryThad Guidry
1071
1
OK, this is in the same ball park as the question, but it’s out in left field.
– G-Man
Mar 15 '18 at 0:12
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You probably had a need to append a $PATH to your existing PATH variable ?
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
answered Mar 14 '18 at 23:01
Thad GuidryThad Guidry
1071
1
OK, this is in the same ball park as the question, but it’s out in left field.
– G-Man
Mar 15 '18 at 0:12
add a comment |
You probably had a need to append a $PATH to your existing PATH variable ?
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
answered Mar 14 '18 at 23:01
Thad GuidryThad Guidry
1071
You probably had a need to append a $PATH to your existing PATH variable ?
export PATH=$PATH:/something/bin
answered Mar 14 '18 at 23:01
Thad GuidryThad Guidry
1071
edited Jun 16 '18 at 13:20
answered Mar 14 '18 at 23:01
Thad GuidryThad Guidry
1071
answered Mar 14 '18 at 23:01
Thad GuidryThad Guidry
1071
answered Mar 14 '18 at 23:01
Thad GuidryThad Guidry
1071
1071
1
OK, this is in the same ball park as the question, but it’s out in left field.
– G-Man
Mar 15 '18 at 0:12
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OK, this is in the same ball park as the question, but it’s out in left field.
– G-Man
Mar 15 '18 at 0:12
1
1
OK, this is in the same ball park as the question, but it’s out in left field.
– G-Man
Mar 15 '18 at 0:12
OK, this is in the same ball park as the question, but it’s out in left field.
– G-Man
Mar 15 '18 at 0:12
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In bash and other shells,
$is “value of”. You're exporting the variablePATH, not accessing its value, so it'sexport PATHwith no$.– Gilles
Jun 17 '13 at 18:10