🧰 pathedit

PATH management tool for Linux & macOS

Supported shells

Shell	Support
bash	Yes
zsh	Yes
csh	✓
ksh	✓
sh	✓
tcsh	✓
fish	✘

In case your favorite shell is not on the list — you may create an issue requesting it: #2

Installation

Universal

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arschedev/pathedit/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint

📥 deb package

Red Hat / CentOS / Fedora / openSUSE

📥 rpm package

Arch Linux / Manjaro

📥 pacman package

sudo pacman -U pathedit_noarch.pkg.tar.zst

macOS

📥 pkg installer

The package might not always provide the latest version

Manually

git clone https://github.com/arschedev/pathedit.git
cd pathedit
sudo mv ./src/pathedit /usr/local/bin/pathedit
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pathedit
rm -rf ../pathedit

Previous releases

🔗 Releases

Usage

Usage: pathedit [MODE | COMMAND] [PATH]

    Mode:
        +,  add		add to PATH
        -,  rm		remove from PATH
        --, rmf		force remove from PATH 
        brm		remove binary path from PATH 

    Command:
        -l, -list	list PATH
        -r, -reveal	reveal ~/.bashrc
        -P, -profile	reveal ~/.profile
        -v, -version	print version
        -h, -help	print this message

    Shortcuts:
        <mode> current	add/remove current directory from PATH

    Examples:
        pathedit add ~/bin/jdk/bin	add ~/bin/jdk/bin to PATH
        pathedit rm  ~/bin/jdk/bin	remove ~/bin/jdk/bin from PATH
        pathedit rmf /usr/local/games	force remove /usr/local/games from PATH
					-> PATH=${PATH/':/usr/local/games'/}
        pathedit brm java		remove java path from PATH
					-> force remove ~/bin/jdk/bin
        pathedit add current		add current directory to PATH
        pathedit rm  current		remove current directory from PATH
        pathedit rmf current		force remove current directory from PATH
        pathedit -list			print all directories listed in PATH
        pathedit -profile		open ~/.profile on PATHEDIT line
        pathedit -reveal		open ~/.bashrc on PATHEDIT line
	

Uninstallation

sudo rm /usr/local/bin/pathedit