Hi Greg,

Did you compare the output of `env` in your Terminal and in the Worksheet?
This could give you some clues of what is missing or different.

HTH

Jean Jourdain

On Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 10:27:08 PM UTC+1 Greg Raven wrote:

> I copied the paths from .zshrc to .zprofile, but that changed nothing. I 
> could always execute the Servbay commands in Terminal app ... still hoping 
> to be able to reach them through a BBEdit shell worksheet, though.
>
> For now, I have moved the commands from Unix Worksheet to Scratchpad, 
> where I can copy and paste them into Terminal app.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> --- GR
>
> On Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 1:31:39 PM UTC-8 GP wrote:
>
>> Hmm ... "paths to my .zshrc file" ...
>>
>> Did you read BBEdit's Regarding environment variables when using “zsh” 
>> <https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/zshenv.html>?
>>
>> According to that, "BBEdit runs zsh as a non-interactive shell, zsh does 
>> not load ~/.zshrc" so you need to "move $PATH (and other environment 
>> settings) into ~/.zprofile" which will get loaded by zsh in a 
>> non-interactive invocation.
>>
>> Also, did you install the ServBay CLI per the ServBay CLI: Installation, 
>> Configuration & Usage Guide 
>> <https://support.servbay.com/basic-usage/command-line-support%20directions>
>> ?
>>
>> Although the directions are slightly outdated (by referencing bash as the 
>> default MacOS shell), the context of applying "Install CLI Tool to zsh" 
>> seems to imply modifying .zshrc, which per the above BBEdit support 
>> document won't work to add Servbay's installed tools path to the invoked 
>> non-interactive shell's $PATH.
>>
>> Without physically installing ServBay and checking what "Install CLI Tool 
>> to zsh" does, I assume that command modifies an existing ~/.zshrc file (or 
>> creates one if needed) by adding:
>>
>> export PATH="/Applications/ServBay/script:$PATH"
>>
>> to it, as the Servbay support Command-Line Tool: servbayctl 
>> <https://support.servbay.com/basic-usage/command-line-tool-servbayctl> 
>> article's 
>> Prerequisites section recommends.
>>
>> With all that covered:
>>
>> 1. Check your ~/.zshrc file. Does it have the above export PATH command 
>> in it? 
>>
>> a. If so, move it to ~/.zprofile (creating the ~/.zprofile file if 
>> needed).
>>
>> b. If not, check the ~/.zprofile file (if one exists) to see if the above 
>> export PATH command is in it. If the file or command doesn't exist, create 
>> the file (if necessary) and add the command to it.
>>
>> 2. Open the MacOS Terminal app and check the ServBay installed tools can 
>> be found using the now-configured ~/.zshrc and ~/.zprofile export PATH 
>> arrangement. (Tool version commands are one way to check.)
>>
>> 3. If 2. works, repeat with a BBEdit Shell Worksheet to check the ServBay 
>> installed tools can be found.
>> On Monday, March 2, 2026 at 7:03:29 AM UTC-8 Greg Raven wrote:
>>
>>> I used MAMP Pro for years in my local dev environment, and project 
>>> worksheet commands (such as, to invoke js-beautify, netlify, and wrangler) 
>>> worked fine. MAMP Pro's rough edges finally got to me, though, and I 
>>> switched to Servbay, which in many cases seems to be a superior local 
>>> environment.
>>>
>>> However, even though I have PHP, Python, Node, Rust, and Go installed, 
>>> worksheet commands that used to allow me to upload files to Netlify or 
>>> Cloudflare, as well as format JavaScript and JSON files, no longer work. 
>>> When I try to invoke them, I get either a "js-beautify not found" or "node 
>>> not found" console error.
>>>
>>> I don't mind (too much) having to copy-paste the upload commands, but I 
>>> miss the JavaScript formatting.
>>>
>>> I read the BBEdit documents, tried adding aliases and paths to my .zshrc 
>>> file, putting the commands in worksheets, trying different command-line 
>>> syntaxes, etc., but either I'm missing something or this is simply not 
>>> possible to do, even though the commands do work just fine from the command 
>>> line.
>>>
>>> Anyone else run into this and come up with a solution?
>>>
>>

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