Creating ~/bin in OSX 10.9

Sometimes you will need to have a defined ~/bin directory for some functionalities, and Mavericks does not ship with this directory already in existence. Luckily, it is a two-step process to get things where you may need them to be. Here's what I did:

$ cd
$ mkdir bin

or you can create the directory from any location like so:

$ mkdir ~/bin

Then, in the /etc/paths file, make your system aware of the new directory by appending it to the file:

With nano

$ nano /etc/paths

in nano append to the file

~/bin

press ctrl-x, "yes", enter


With vim

$ vim /etc/paths

press "O", it will create a new line above the location of your cursor
in insert mode, append the path to the file

~/bin

press Esc, :wq, enter