How to add /usr/local/bin in $PATH on Mac

Question

When I do \'open .profile\' in the terminal I have the following:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin 

Now I installed node.js for Mac and

Answer 1

In MAC OS Catalina, this are the steps that worked for me, all the above solutions did help but didn't solve my problem.

1. check node --version, still the old one in use.
2. cd ~/
3. atom .bash_profile
4. Remove the $PATH pointing to old node version, in my case it was /usr/local/bin/node/@node8
5. Add & save this to $PATH instead "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/bin"
6. Close all applications using node (terminal, simulator, browser expo etc)
7. restart terminal and check node --version