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The script clones the nvm repository to `~/.nvm` and adds the source line to your profile (`~/.bash_profile`, `~/.zshrc` or `~/.profile`).
-You can customize the install source, directory and profile using the `NVM_SOURCE`, `NVM_DIR` and `PROFILE` variables. Eg: `curl ... | NVM_DIR=/usr/local/nvm sh` for a global install.
+You can customize the install source, directory and profile using the `NVM_SOURCE`, `NVM_DIR` and `PROFILE` variables. Eg: `curl ... | NVM_DIR=/usr/local/nvm bash` for a global install.
*NB. The installer can use Git, curl, or wget to download NVM, whatever is available.*