Error: Tar command not found

Question

    echo "Enter path of backup file e.g /tmp/backup/etc.tar.gz : "
    read PATH    #input was /tmp/backup/etc.tar.gz
    echo "Enter directory: " 
    read DIR    #input was /root/testing

    sudo tar -zvxf "$PATH" -C "$DIR"

when I ran the script, it said that the command was not found. I tried using whatever kind of brackets for the variables but still not working. Any help?

However when I ran the command tar -zvxf /tmp/backup/etc.tar.gz -C /root/testing , it worked.

Answer 1

You're saving something into PATH which is what the shell will search to find the executables. So when you use that variable the shell can't find, say, tar because it is no longer in your search path. Use a different variable name.