View source for bash adding to path

for ALL users - edit /etc/profile 

for individual users - edit $HOME/.bash_profile:

To add a directory to the PATH just edit this line including a colon : and the new directory. For example to add:   /usr/programs/bin   to the PATH you would change the line to:

example:
  PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/programs/bin
  export PATH

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