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.TH WHICH 1
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.SH NAME
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which \- examine $PATH to see which file will be executed
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBwhich \fIname\fR
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.br
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.de FL
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.TP
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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\\$2
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.de EX
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.TP 20
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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# \\$2
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.EX "which a.out" "Tells which \fIa.out\fR will be executed"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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The $PATH shell variable controls the
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\s-1MINIX 3\s-1
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search rules.
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If a command \fIa.out\fR is given, the shell first tries to find an
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executable file in the working directory.
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If that fails, it looks in various system directories, such as
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\fI/bin\fR and \fI/usr/bin\fR.
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The\fR which\fR command makes the same search and gives the absolute
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path of the program that will be chosen, followed by other occurrences
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of the file name along the path.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR man (1).
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