January 2003
Intermediate to advanced
832 pages
32h 40m
English
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Name
which
Synopsis
which [commands]
Lists which files are executed if the named
commands are run as a command.
which reads the user’s
.cshrc file (using the source
built-in command), checking aliases and searching the
path variable. Users of the Bourne or Korn shells
can use the built-in type command as an
alternative.
Example
$ which file ls
/usr/bin/file
ls: aliased to ls -sFC