which(1)           UNIX System V(BSD Compatibility Package)            which(1)


NAME
      which - locate a command; display its pathname or alias

SYNOPSIS
      /usr/ucb/which [ filename ] . . .

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 searched for along the user's path.  Both
      aliases and path are taken from the user's .cshrc file.

FILES
      ~/.cshrc            source of aliases and path values

SEE ALSO
      csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1) in the User's Reference Manual.

DIAGNOSTICS
      A diagnostic 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
      Only aliases and paths from ~/.cshrc are used; importing from the current
      environment is not attempted.

      which must be executed by csh(1), since only csh knows about aliases.  If
      you are using sh instead of csh, whence -v provides similar
      functionality.

      To compensate for ~/.cshrc files in which aliases depend upon the prompt
      variable being set, which sets this variable.  If the ~/.cshrc produces
      output or prompts for input when prompt is set, which may produce some
      strange results.



















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