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Asked: 2026-06-14T14:35:53+00:00

e.g., $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:~/bin:/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.2.3/bin $ vim :! echo $PATH /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:~/bin:/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.2.3/bin I expected them

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e.g.,

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:~/bin:/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.2.3/bin

$ vim 
:! echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:~/bin:/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.2.3/bin

I expected them to be the same. Why are they different?

If it makes a difference, here is my shell, vim version and OS version:

$ echo $SHELL
SHELL=/usr/local/bin/zsh

$ /usr/local/bin/zsh --version
zsh 5.0.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.0.0)

$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Jun 20 2012 13:16:02)
Compiled by root@apple.com


$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.8.2
BuildVersion:   12C60

(Mountain Lion)
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  1. Editorial Team

    I was not able to resolve this with zsh, and ended up using bash for my vim shell.

    Here’s what I did:

    1. modified my .zshrc to work with bash
    2. ln -s .zshrc .bashrc
    3. added set shell=bash to my .vimrc file

    and now my vim command-line PATH is equal to my zsh shell PATH.

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