pathman

pathman

Manage PATH on Windows, Mac, and Linux with various Shells

pathman list
pathman add ~/.local/bin
pathman remove ~/.local/bin
pathman version
pathman help

Windows: stores PATH in the registry.

Mac & Linux: stores PATH in ~/.config/envman/PATH.sh

Install

1. Download
2. Add to PATH

Or install via npm:

npm install -g pathman

Windows

mkdir %userprofile%\bin
move pathman.exe %userprofile%\bin\pathman.exe
%userprofile%\bin\pathman.exe add ~\bin

Mac, Linux, etc

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
mv ./pathman ~/.local/bin
pathman add ~/.local/bin

Downloads

MacOS

MacOS (darwin): 64-bit Download

curl https://rootprojects.org/pathman/dist/darwin/amd64/pathman -o pathman
chmod +x ./pathman

Windows

powershell.exe $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest https://rootprojects.org/pathman/dist/windows/amd64/pathman.exe -OutFile pathman.exe

powershell.exe "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://rootprojects.org/pathman/dist/windows/386/pathman.exe', 'pathman.exe')"

Linux

curl https://rootprojects.org/pathman/dist/linux/amd64/pathman -o pathman
chmod +x ./pathman

curl https://rootprojects.org/pathman/dist/linux/386/pathman -o pathman
chmod +x ./pathman

Raspberry Pi (Linux ARM)

curl https://rootprojects.org/pathman/dist/linux/armv8/pathman -o pathman`
chmod +x ./pathman

curl https://rootprojects.org/pathman/dist/linux/armv7/pathman -o pathman
chmod +x ./pathman

curl https://rootprojects.org/pathman/dist/linux/armv6/pathman -o pathman
chmod +x ./pathman

curl https://rootprojects.org/pathman/dist/linux/armv5/pathman -o pathman
chmod +x ./pathman

CLI Help (API)

add

pathman add ~/.local/bin

Saved PATH changes. To set the PATH immediately, update the current session:

	export PATH="/Users/me/.local/bin:$PATH"

remove

pathman remove ~/.local/bin

Saved PATH changes. To set the PATH immediately, update the current session:

	export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"

list

pathman list

pathman-managed PATH entries:

	$HOME/.local/bin

other PATH entries:

	/usr/local/bin
	/usr/bin
	/bin
	/usr/sbin
	/sbin

Windows

You can use ~ as a shortcut for %USERPROFILE%.

pathman add ~\.local\bin

The registry will be used, even when your using Node Bash, Git Bash, or MINGW.

build

git clone https://git.rootprojects.org/root/pathman.git

go mod tidy
go mod vendor
go generate -mod=vendor ./...
go build -mod=vendor
./pathman list