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I installed the command line interface from GitHub's site. I created a new folder to pull files down to and tried to initialize my folder by issuing the command git init but I get command not found. Next I ran echo $PATH and I got: 

/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin

so I created a profile by issuing the command 

$ touch .bash_profile

and then I edited the profile 

$ open -e .bash_profile.

Finally I exported a new path so git could be found 

$ export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin

Finally when I run echo $PATH I get /usr/local/git/bin but I still get the same error as before when I try to initialize my directory and now basic commands like 'ls' don't work.

How can I fix this?

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You stomped out your path! Change it to 

 export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/git/bin
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whoops! when I try and reopen that profile I get "command not found" How do I get back to the profile file – brianhevans Oct 3 '12 at 18:34
I am able to see the results of echo $PATH but I get command not found when I try to issue command open -e .bash_profile – brianhevans Oct 3 '12 at 18:43
Ok, I ran this and things seem to be back to normal. export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin" – brianhevans Oct 3 '12 at 19:03

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