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Why is LANG environment variable wrong in shell?
When I start a Terminal (in Monterey 12.2.1) my LANG is sv_SE.UTF-8, which is fine. When I start a shell, or any other sub-process that reads environment, from GUI Emacs it is set to LANG="en_SE....
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Script menu: how to reference user-path utilities (PATH / environment is missing)
Summary How can I execute scripts from the system-wide Script menu with a normal environment? It seems the environment is not being setup at all. Scripts that are run from the script menu can find and ...
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Run script at sunrise time
I'm trying to set my hackintosh pc to turn on at every sunrise and to run iTunes as the macOS boots up using bash or AppleScript without 3rd-party apps. I reached the point in my script when I need ...
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Why do my environment variables keep getting wiped out in Mac OS Catalina?
I am currently using MacOS Catalina, and every time my computer boots up from having shut down the environment variables get wiped out. I literally have to manually run export FOO=bar each time my ...
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Bash: Elegant ways to use multiple variables for shortening long strings?
I am aware of dockutil in homebrew but, I am trying to run a bash script that automatically adds dock icons to the dock on a fresh user account. dockutil has been uncooperative on fresh out of the box ...
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Escape space character in pathfile?
I'm trying to set an environment variable for Anki's media folder, in .bash_profile. The line is export ANKI_MEDIA='/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Anki2/me/collection.media'. ...
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Where can I see modifications made to the PATH environment variable by the Go installer
I've identified several changes to the PATH variable in Bash that aren't listed in e.g. /etc/profile, ~/.profile, .bash_profile, ~/.bashrc. The following snippet from the Go installation page ...
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Open Terminal Window with Predefined Environment Variables (Including `PATH`)
I'm trying to create a .command file which will open a terminal window with predefined Environment Variables (Including PATH). I tried this: #!/bin/bash # Adding CMake to Path export PATH=$PATH:/...
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Removing directories from PATH
I am trying to run rkhunter, but it is giving me this output: stack/security/rkhunter-1.4.6 ➜ sudo rkhunter --check Password: Invalid BINDIR configuration option: Invalid directory found: ~/.dotnet/...
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Add Environment Variable to PATH
I am new to the Apple "eco system" and I am trying to setup my environment variables for local development. Here is what I have in my ~/.bash_profile (simplified for brevity): export PATH="$...
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Is it possible to remove the $ from an environment variable?
I'm on Mac and have just created an environment variable inside the .bash_profile directory, it works fine when I run: $variable_name I just want the know why the dollar sign is there and if it is ...
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Environment variable for Apple Shake 4.1
Where is Shake's environment variable located in macOS allowing to launch Shake.app via Terminal session in High Sierra? There's no Shake's variables in ~/.bash_profile, /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc....
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/etc/profile not being sourced for login shells
The -l flag to sh is supposed to source the contents of /etc/profile and other profile scripts like ~/.profile, which generally provide the initial set of environment variables for a login session. ...
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macOS no longer recognizes environment.plist
I need to set up environment variables for Pixar RenderMan Pro Server in macOS 10.13. Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra no longer recognize environment.plist located in a hidden .MacOSX ...
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Environment var (LD_LIBRARY_PATH) weirdly hidden under bash on Mac [duplicate]
Here is a brief, self-explanatory bash session on Linux: $ env | grep LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=foo $ env | grep LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=foo $ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH foo Here ...
