Re: Command which gives the location of a command

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green_at_EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: 11/18/05

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    Or "type".

    It's just an alias of "whence -v", but it's two less characters, so much
    more efficient. :-) 

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of Yves
Dorfsman
Sent: 18 November 2005 01:51
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Command which gives the location of a command
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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