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Posted by Wes Chumley
Wes Chumley
6,385 Points

Setting the PATH variable - edit ~/.bash_profile

When I open a new Terminal window I get this:

Last login: Tue Jul 7 13:20:05 on ttys001 -bash: /Users/schlep/.bash_profile: line 4: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' -bash: /Users/schlep/.bash_profile: line 5: syntax error: unexpected end of file schleps-MacBook-Pro:~ schlep$

This is what my .bash_profile looks like:

Setting PATH for Python 3.4

The orginal version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave

export PATH=“~/Library/Python/3.4/bin:$PATH"

What is wrong?

Wes Chumley
Wes Chumley
6,385 Points

Oops. I'm new to this. maybe it looks more like this:

Last login: Tue Jul  7 13:27:45 on ttys000
-bash: /Users/schlep/.bash_profile: line 4: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
-bash: /Users/schlep/.bash_profile: line 5: syntax error: unexpected end of file
schleps-MacBook-Pro:~ schlep$
Wes Chumley
Wes Chumley
6,385 Points

and my .bash_profile looks like this:

# Setting PATH for Python 3.4
# The orginal version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
export PATH=“~/Library/Python/3.4/bin:$PATH"

1 Answer

Guillaume Maka
PLUS
Guillaume Maka
Courses Plus Student 10,224 Points
Guillaume Maka
Guillaume Maka
Courses Plus Student 10,224 Points

The unix env variables don't like '~' just replace by the absolute path:

export PATH="/Users/schlep/Library/Python/3.4/bin:$PATH"
Wes Chumley
Wes Chumley
6,385 Points

Thanks. Will give that a try when I get back to it.