when tried to edit .bashrc file The command could not be located because '/usr/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable

Question

When i tried to edit .bashrc file I am getting the above error how to solve this. when i gave

$ echo $PATH
/home/vijay/usr/bin:PATH:/bin

is displayed Steps in detail would help

Answer 1

When you typed the changes to ~/.bashrc you omitted a $. Re-edit your ~/.bashrc with:

/usr/bin/vim ~/.bashrc

Find the line:

PATH=/home/vijay/usr/bin:PATH:/bin  

and change it to:

PATH=/home/vijay/usr/bin:$PATH:/bin  
-------------------------^