Difference between revisions of "Shell Commands/Which"

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'''Which''' - Searches the command path for a particular item
 
'''Which''' - Searches the command path for a particular item
  
FILE/A, NORES/S, RES/S, ALL/S
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FILE/A, NOALIAS/S, ALIAS/S, NORES/S, RES/S, ALL/S
 
  <nowiki>
 
  <nowiki>
FILE - Name of the command, program or directory to find                       
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FILE   - Name of the command, program or directory to find                       
NORES - Switch: Do no search the resident list
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NOALIAS - Switch: Do not search the alias list
RES   - Switch: Only search the resident list
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ALIAS  - Switch: Only search the alias list
ALL   - Continues the search through the full search path, find and list
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NORES   - Switch: Do no search the resident list
        all locations of a command or program.
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RES     - Switch: Only search the resident list
        May lead to multiple listings of the same command if
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ALL     - Continues the search through the full search path, find and list
        that command is reached by more than one route
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          all locations of a command or program.
        (such as C: and the current directory).</nowiki>
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          May lead to multiple listings of the same command if
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          that command is reached by more than one route
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          (such as C: and the current directory).</nowiki>
  
 
Example:
 
Example:

Latest revision as of 15:26, 6 March 2015

Which - Searches the command path for a particular item

FILE/A, NOALIAS/S, ALIAS/S, NORES/S, RES/S, ALL/S

FILE    - Name of the command, program or directory to find                      
NOALIAS - Switch: Do not search the alias list
ALIAS   - Switch: Only search the alias list
NORES   - Switch: Do no search the resident list
RES     - Switch: Only search the resident list
ALL     - Continues the search through the full search path, find and list
          all locations of a command or program.
          May lead to multiple listings of the same command if
          that command is reached by more than one route
          (such as C: and the current directory).

Example:

  MorphOS:> Which devlist
  MorphOS:MorphOS/C/DevList