自定义zsh shell

Question

I am trying to modify my terminal by following this tutorial .

But I can't seem to copy the batchange.py file to my $PATH , I tried cp batchange.py ~/.bin and everything else I can think of.Here is my $PATH: '/Users/anthonybrown/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p125/bin:/Users/anthonybrown/.rvm/gems‌​/ruby-1.9.3-p125@global/bin:/Users/anthonybrown/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/bin:/‌​Users/anthonybrown/.rvm/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11‌​/bin:/usr/local/git/bin' –

Answer 1

To add ~/bin to your path:

1. First, we make the folder (if it isn't already made).

    mkdir ~/bin 

2. Copy batcharge.py into ~/bin :

    cp batcharge.py ~/bin/batcharge.py 

   (Obviously you'll want to do this from where-ever the batcharge.py script is located).

3. Check if ~/bin is in your path:

    echo $PATH | grep ~/bin 

   This should come back with a line. If it does not , we shall add it:

   1. Open ~/.zshrc .

   2. At the end, add the line:

       export PATH=$PATH:~/bin 

      This will add ~/bin to your $PATH .

   3. Close the terminal window, and re-open it. (Or open a new one).

   4. Type echo $PATH | grep ~/bin echo $PATH | grep ~/bin . This should now show a line (and you should see ~/bin at the end of the long-ish list of paths).

4. Now, we test: you should be able to type which batcharge.py and see that zsh knows where to find it. For example, type which batcharge.py in terminal, and you should see something like:

    /Users/simont/bin/batcharge.py 

   Now we can type batcharge.py and see the script run :)