What is path variable in unix?



What is path variable in unix?..

Answer / Piyush Gupta

In Unix, a path variable (also known as an environment variable) is a named value that contains an operating system-dependent string of one or more directory names separated by pathname components. Path variables are used to store paths to files, directories, executables, and other resources.

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