$HOME/bin -- terminal question

**tench** · January 15th, 2003, 09:43 AM

hi!

i have a shell script that i need to copy in $HOME/bin.

Now, this is my first real encounter with the terminal. What is $HOME/bin and how do I accomplish this simple move? (the insturctions i'm following assume i know the basics...)

Please help!

yours,

tench

**d1taylor** · January 15th, 2003, 11:43 AM

$HOME is your home directory. When you start up a Terminal session, that's where you begin. Type pwd to see where that is.

Once you're in your Terminal session, type mkdir bin to create the $HOME/bin directory, then copy your script in with, perhaps, cp source destination.

Good luck!

**BSDimwit** · January 15th, 2003, 11:43 AM

Open a terminal.
type "cd" you are now in your home dir.
type "mkdir bin" you have now created a bin directory.

now either use the finder to copy this script into your newly created bin directory or use the cp command in the terminal. If its a shell script, you will probably need to make sure that it's permissions are set to executable... like so.

cd ~/bin
chmod 755 myscript.sh

voila!