Set env vars on linux per user (macosx)

first see what bash you are using

echo $0

for mac osx big sur its

when using vscode on that same mac

https://flaviocopes.com/shell-environment-variables/

running “ls” in /etc dir you get this

depending on what shell you use, you want to set up your env vars in those files

when search “zsh is better than bash or newer” I get this

zsh: For the most part bash and zsh are almost identical which is a relief. … The commands you learned for bash will also work in zsh although they may function differently on output. Zsh seems to be much more customizable than bash

so because of that lets use zsh

sudo su

put in password

touch /etc/werm && chmod a+x /etc/werm

insert this code into /etc/werm. It allows for you to set a dir that gets combed and if there are any files in there with .sh ext get executed.

for i in /etc/werm.d/*.sh ; do
    if [ -r "$i" ]; then
        if [ "${-#*i}" != "$-" ]; then
            . "$i"
        else
            . "$i" >/dev/null 2>&1
        fi
    fi
done

create a folder and file

mkdir /etc/werm.d && touch /etc/werm.d/werm.path.sh

insert this into werm.path.sh

personal=/Users/wilmerabreu
export personal

scripts=/usr/local/bin/werm
export scripts

PATH=$PATH:$scripts
export PATH

save file

vim ~/.bashrc

type “. /etc/werm”

vim ~/.zshrc

and type in the same “./etc/werm”. Save file.

now when you open up a new bash or zsh terminal it will allow for all scripts in $scripts to be executed

werm-w

now this only works for the current user, if you create another user this will not work.