What does asterisk "*" mean in a unix PATH environment variable?
Example:
# echo $PATH
/home/admin*:*/bin
I assume it's a wildcard of some sort, but is it one level deep, or many?
For example, will */bin match only items in usr/bin or will it also match deeper items in usr/local/bin and /home/admin/bin? And will /home/admin* match /home/administrator and everything under it, also at multiple levels?
Solution 1:
What does asterisk (*) mean in a unix $PATH?
# echo $PATH
/home/admin*:*/bin
It means you have an invalid $PATH.
$PATH does not support wildcards.