67 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
67 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: which.1,v 1.2 2010/04/05 16:13:58 joerg Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)which.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 4/23/91
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.\" $NetBSD: which.1,v 1.2 2010/04/05 16:13:58 joerg Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd April 23, 1991
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.Dt WHICH 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm which
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.Nd "locate a program file in the users $PATH environment variable"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl a
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.Ar name
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.Op Ar ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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takes a list of names and looks for the files which would be
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executed had these names been given as commands.
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Each argument is searched for along the user's
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.Ev PATH .
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.Pp
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If the
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.Fl a
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flag is given,
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.Nm
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will continue to search the
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.Ev PATH
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until all instances of a program file are found.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 3.0 .
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.Sh BUGS
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This implementation does not expand
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.Xr csh 1
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aliases, and is shell agnostic.
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This is really a feature.
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