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I made an Unix command, macmac2unix, which converts Mac's Word file for Unix platforms.

I would like to run the command as

$macmac2unix file1 file2 file3 ...

Problem: How can I run this command in every path?

I added the following to .bashrc unsuccessfully

CDPATH=:/Users/Sam/Documents/Unix
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    Why are you doing this? There's no need for a conversion in OSX - its text files use UNIX CRLFs. Commented Mar 6, 2009 at 16:49
  • You are confusing CDPATH with PATH. And I also ask, why are you doing this, or could you clarify what exactly you are trying to do? Commented Mar 6, 2009 at 17:48

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Try adding 

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/Sam/Documents/Unix

to your .bashrc

Make your script executeable be sure it's located in /Users/Sam/Documents/Unix. You could reread your .bashrc with:

~> . ~/.bashrc

But if you already played around with your enviroment variables a restart of your terminal would be cleaner.

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Hm, remove the line 5 and restart your terminal. Or try executing 'export PATH=$PATH:/Users/Sam/Documents/Unix' directly in your terminal for testing purposes.
It seems to work. I get the following error: -bash: /Users/Sam/Documents/Unix/macmac2unix: Permission denied
I get the program work by running:$ chmod +x macmac2unix . Thank you!
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Add it to PATH, not CDPATH.

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Try adding it in PATH like this:

PATH=/Users/Sam/Documents/Unix:$PATH
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