which(1) - osol9

1which(1)                         User Commands                        which(1)
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NAME

6       which - locate a command and display its pathname or alias
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SYNOPSIS

9       which [name]...
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DESCRIPTION

13       which takes a list of names and determines which alias or utility would
14       be executed had these names been given as commands.
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17       For each name operand, if it names an alias the alias is expanded. Oth‐
18       erwise  the  user's  path is searched for a utility name matching name.
19       Aliases are taken from the user's .cshrc file. path is taken  from  the
20       current shell   execution environment.
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OPERANDS

23       The following operand is supported:
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25       name    The name of a command to be located.
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EXIT STATUS

29       The following exit values are returned:
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FILES

38       ~/.cshrc    source of aliases and path values
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ATTRIBUTES

42       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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47       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
48       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
49       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
50       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
51       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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DIAGNOSTICS

57       A diagnostic is given for names which are aliased to more than a single
58       word, or if an executable file with the argument name was not found  in
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NOTES

62       The which utility is not a shell built-in command.
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BUGS

65       To  compensate  for  ~/.cshrc  files  in  which aliases depend upon the
66       prompt variable being set, which sets this variable  to  NULL.  If  the
67       ~/.cshrc produces output or prompts for input when prompt is set, which
68       can produce some strange results.
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72SunOS 5.11                        30 Mar 2005                         which(1)