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| − | '''which''' is a very useful system command used to find out exactly what is going to get executed when you ask for a command without specifying a path. For instance, the [[csh]] shell has a [[built-in]] function called [[time]], but there is also a version at '''/usr/bin/time'''. So '''which''' one gets executed if you simply type "time"? | + | '''which''' is a very useful system command used to [[find]] out exactly what is going to get executed when you ask for a command without specifying a path. For instance, the [[csh]] shell has a [[built-in]] function called [[time]], but there is also a version at '''/usr/bin/time'''. So '''which''' one gets executed if you simply type "time"? |
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Revision as of 14:51, 25 August 2004
which is a very useful system command used to find out exactly what is going to get executed when you ask for a command without specifying a path. For instance, the csh shell has a built-in function called time, but there is also a version at /usr/bin/time. So which one gets executed if you simply type "time"?
ph34r# which time time: shell built-in command. ph34r#
This is particularly useful to know in the case of the time command above, because csh's built-in "time" does not have the same featureset described in the man page for time, which is based on the version to be found at /usr/bin/time.
See also where for figuring out how many different versions of the same command or file you have strewn throughout your path.
