Michael Bovee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> <echo $PATH> returns the following info -- (linebreaks chosen for
> clarity, I hope)
>
>
> /usr/local/us/bin:/usr/local/qt/bin:/usr/local/us/bin:
> /usr/local/us/bin:/usr/local/qt/bin:/usr/local/us/bin:
> /usr/local/us/bin:/usr/local/qt/bin:/usr/local/us/bin:
> /usr/local/us/bin:/usr/local/qt/bin:/usr/local/us/bin:
> /usr/local/us/bin:/usr/local/qt/bin:/usr/local/us/bin:
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games/bin:
> /usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/ked2/bin:.:/opt/gnome/bin:
> /local/qmake/bin:/usr/local/tmake/bin:/local/qmake/bin:
> /usr/local/tmake/bin:/local/qmake/bin:/usr/local/tmake/bin:
> local/qmake/bin:/usr/local/tmake/bin:/local/qmake/bin:
> /usr/local/tmake/bin
You might want to stick something like this at the end of your
.profile:
PATH=`perl -e 'print join ":", grep {-d && !$d{$_}++} split /:/, $ENV{'PATH'}'`
This will clean up your PATH (it removes duplicates but also preserves
the original order).
(the same thing works well for other : delimited variables, like for
example MANPATH)
Regards,
--kevin
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