Running a command or script in terminal from anywhere by adding it to the PATH, what am I doing wrong?

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Published on 2012-10-26T23:18:59Z Indexed on 2012/10/27 11:05 UTC
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On osx/linux I want to be able to run a command/script on the terminal from anywhere which links to a program.

ie I want to be able to run:

alloy

that runs:

/usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/alloy/bin/alloy

I'm guessing adding to .bashrc is the best way? I've tried running:

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/alloy/bin"

and also:

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/alloy/bin/alloy"

Then I started a new terminal window but the alloy command doesnt work. Am I missing something?

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