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<h4 class="subsection">2.1.1 MacOS X on the command-line</h4>
<p>The scripts (such as lilypond-book, convert-ly, abc2ly, and even
lilypond itself) are included inside the .app file for MacOS X. They can be run from
the command line by invoking them directly, e.g.
<pre class="example"> <var>path/to</var>/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond
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<p class="noindent">The same is true of the other scripts in that directory, including
lilypond-book, convert-ly, abc2ly, etc.
<p>Alternatively, you may create scripts which add the path
automatically. Create a directory to store these scripts,
<pre class="example"> mkdir -p ~/bin
cd ~/bin
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<p>Create a file called <code>lilypond</code> which contains
<pre class="example"> exec <var>path/to</var>/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond "$@"
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<p>Create similar files <code>lilypond-book</code>, <code>convert-ly</code>, and
any other helper programs you use (<code>abc2ly</code>, <code>midi2ly</code>,
etc). Simply replace the <code>bin/lilypond</code> with
<code>bin/convert-ly</code> (or other program name) in the above file.
<p>Make the file executable,
<pre class="example"> chmod u+x lilypond
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<p>Now, add this directory to your path. Modify (or create)
a file called <code>.profile</code> in your home directory such that it contains
<pre class="example"> export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
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<p class="noindent">This file should end with a blank line.
<p>Note that <var>path/to</var> will generally be <code>/Applications/</code>.
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