Multiple choice technology operating systems

The sequence of directories the shell searches to look for a command is specified in its own ______________ variable.

  1. HOME

  2. JAVA

  3. PATH

  4. BIN

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Explanation

The PATH environment variable specifies the sequence of directories the shell searches when looking for executable commands. When you type a command, the shell searches each directory in PATH until it finds a match. HOME, JAVA, and BIN are not used for command lookup.