Regarding command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable

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I am facing issues with linux command execution:

root@PGStaging:/etc# ls
Command 'ls' is available in '/bin/ls'
The command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
ls: command not found
root@PGStaging:~# ps
Command 'ps' is available in '/bin/ps'
The command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
ps: command not found

How to solve above issues?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 18 '19 at 12:09

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I have never faced this problem before, so I really don't know if this will work or not. Try this: Go to your home directory, there you can find a file named .bashrc (it is a hidden file, so enable 'show hidden files' in your file explorer for convenience). Open the file with a text editor. Then, at the end of the file, add this:

export PATH=$PATH:/bin

In theory, this will add /bin to your PATH variable. Then save the file. I hope this works. Good luck.

answered Nov 18 '19 at 12:09

Qazi Fahim Farhan

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still i am facing the issue echo $PATH /opt/2ndQuadrant/PostgreSQL/11/lib::/usr/bin – Durgamahesh Manne Nov 18 '19 at 12:22
You (or the program you installed outside of the software repositories) have changed the system path. You will need to restore that. See the duplicate on how to change the system path. – vanadium Nov 18 '19 at 12:26
how to restore system path in linux – Durgamahesh Manne Nov 18 '19 at 12:41
i am working on prod server – Durgamahesh Manne Nov 18 '19 at 12:42
Sorry to hear that. I found this link: https://askubuntu.com/a/291816/929226 Accourding to this, open .bashrc file, and add PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games" to the end of the file and see what happens – Qazi Fahim Farhan Nov 18 '19 at 12:46

Regarding command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable

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