Changes to bashrc file

[Guest elr008]

Basically, I modified my bashrc file without backing it up first, and, after I modified it, none of my commands like ls will do anything.

 

I added the following code to the startup file (~/.bashrc):

 

PATH=/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/bin:

export PATH

 

I just typed in this code at the end of the file, saved it, and logged out and back in. When I logged back in, no commands like ls or man will work anymore.. Does anyone know a solution to this?

 

Thanks

[pindakoe]

You have reducedthe path (list of places BASH looks for the program you want to start) to the Java DK only. The default PATH is /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/games: (the ':' is used as separator). Mandriva sets defaults like this via a whole bunch of files. Following should in your .bashrc to get htis fixed (but I am not 100% that this actually covers the PATH variable):

 

if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
       . /etc/bashrc
fi

 

Other files that are relevant are /etc/bashrc obviously and /etc/profile

[jkerr82508]

To add a directory to the path, try something like:

 

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/bin

export PATH

 

Jim

Edited April 1, 2010 by jkerr82508

[theYinYeti]

This may be a solution (it will erase any line in your file with the “PATH†sentence in it):

/bin/sed -i /PATH/d ~/.bashrc

 

Or you may try and cure the problem instead, by adding the “normal†path after your own:

/bin/sed -ri 's#^PATH=(.*[^[:blank:]]):*[[:blank:]]*$#PATH=\1:$PATH#' ~/.bashrc

 

Yves.

Edited May 5, 2010 by theYinYeti