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From the terminal, I tried to go to usr\local\bin under my user name login id, but I got the Permission denied. Same as ls command. Any suggestions?

Edit: 

mac1:/ user1$ ls -la /usr/local

total 0

drwxr-xr-x   5 root  wheel  170 Feb 15 17:53 .

drwxr-xr-x@ 12 root  wheel  408 Jan 16 14:30 ..

drwx------  19 504   wheel  646 Feb 15 18:39 bin

drwxrwxr-x   4 root  admin  136 Dec 16 08:47 lib

drwxr-xr-x   6 root  wheel  204 Feb 15 17:53 share
Gordon Davisson
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EmilyJ
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In versions of OS X or macOS previous to High Sierra (10.13), you could just type:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local

This does not apply to macOS 10.13 or above, as System Integrity Protection will ensure the ownership of /usr/local cannot be changed.

Or if you want it specific to /usr/local/bin:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/bin

Also, your permission modes are off—ideally /usr/local/bin should be accessible by others too:

sudo chmod -R u=rwX,go=rX /usr/local/bin
slhck
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I simply placed cd (change directory) in front of /usr/local/bin and it joshuafranklin@Joshuas-MBP bin % First time using mac to run python

Joshua Franklin
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