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Ziyaddin Sadigov
Asked: 2013-05-06 01:41:13 +0800 CST

What is the best directory for script files?

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I have my own shell script files and I want to run them in terminal, keeping them in /usr/bin folder. But my question is: which directory is best for keeping files of my own script? I want to use this files when I call my script in Terminal. /opt, /usr/local, e.t.c. Which is the best choise?

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    $HOME/bin is probably a good place if you want to call them without directory prefix. That folder is in your path so you can run your scripts like if they were installed in /usr/bin for example.

    But you can place them wherever you want, to keep your directory structure organised and optionally add those folders to PATH aswell.

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