which(1)                                                 which(1)



NAME
     which - reports the directory path to a file by interpreting
     PATH and alias settings

SYNOPSIS
     which [name]...

ARGUMENTS
     name Specifies the name that which searches for the
          executable file(s).

DESCRIPTION
     which takes a list of names and looks for the files which
     would be executed had these names been given as commands.
     Each argument is expanded if it is aliased, and is searched
     for along the user's path.  Both aliases and paths are taken
     from the user's .cshrc file.

STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
     A value is given for names which are aliased to more than a
     single word, or if an executable file with the argument name
     was not found in the path.

NOTES
     which Operates only with csh.

FILES
     /usr/ucb/which
          Executable file
     ~/.cshrc
          Source file containing aliases and path values

SEE ALSO
     whereis(1), which(1)





















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