Mac exectuable only starts with ./name even when $path set

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I'm trying to install Mongo but having trouble with the $PATH var in MacOS. Following the guidelines. My $PATH is set in .bash_profile:

 export PATH=/Users/evl/dev/mongodb/bin⁩:$PATH

which works:

echo $PATH
/Users/evl/dev/mongodb/bin⁩:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

entering mongo on command line from other directory:

:~ evl$ mongo
-bash: mongo: command not found

I expected that mongo would be found now the $PATH is set

entering ./mongo on command line from mongo bin directory:

cd /Users/evl/dev/mongodb/bin⁩
./mongo
MongoDB shell version v4.0.3
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017

So now mongo runs. But only if I move to the folder and I enter './mongo'.

I would expect with the $PATH variable set correctly, the executable would run from any directory. It should actually. What is going wrong? Any help is appreciated!

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I just typed everything again, exactly the same as before, but no copy-paste, and now the issue was gone. Some strange characters, invisible, might have shifted in .. Weird.. but happy to continue now..

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Your question is unclear as it seems to ask several things. However the issue re launching from the Dock can be answered.

The Dock does not call a shell. .profile and other startup scripts are only run when Terminal.app or similar starts a shell or you run a shell script via launchd etc.

To change the path used for Apps launched from the Dock, Finder or other GUI then you need to change the path your Workspace uses this is in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist e.g. mine is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
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  <string>/Users/mark/src/third_party/git-svn/waf</string>

  <key>PATH</key>
  <string>/Users/mark/bin:/Users/mark/env/bin:/Users/mark/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/libexec/binutils:</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Also have a look at this question.

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If the path includes spaces, you're going to need to quote it.

Your line export PATH=/Users/ps1/Documents/PS 1/whatever-else/:$PATH causes Bash to interpret the PATH=/Users/ps1/Documents/PS part as the full first argument to your PATH—telling export to set the PATH to only the section before the space. If you use export "PATH=/Users/ps1/Documents/PS 1/whatever-else/:$PATH", it will interpret the entire PATH=/Users/ps1/Documents/PS 1/whatever-else/:$PATH as part of the first argument. By convention, most people only quote the right side of the equals sign, because it looks nicer, it's the only thing that needs quoted, and bash automatically concatenates strings with no spaces between them.

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