Re: Command which gives the location of a command

From: Yves Dorfsman (yves_at_ZIOUP.COM)
Date: 11/18/05

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    Date:         Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:50:32 -0700
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Lamar Saxon wrote:

    > whence

    whence is a korn shell built in. Both whence and which will look in your
    current $PATH. Whence has the advantage to tell you that an alias is an
    alias (which stays silent).

    I *think* (no access to an AIX box right now) that whereis looks in
    specific paths, rather than just your $PATH

    Yves. 

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