Annotation of src/usr.bin/which/which.1, Revision 1.1.1.1
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35: .Dd April 23, 1991
36: .Dt WHICH 1
37: .Os BSD 3
38: .Sh NAME
39: .Nm which
40: .Nd "locate a program file including aliases and paths"
41: .Pq Xr csh 1
42: only)
43: .Sh SYNOPSIS
44: .Nm which
45: .Op Ar name
46: .Ar ...
47: .Sh DESCRIPTION
48: .Nm Which
49: takes a list of names and looks for the files which would be
50: executed had these names been given as commands.
51: Each argument is expanded if it is aliased,
52: and searched for along the user's path.
53: Both aliases and path are taken from the user's
54: .Pa \&.cshrc
55: file.
56: .Sh FILES
57: .Bl -tag -width ~/\&.cshrc
58: .It Pa ~/\&.cshrc
59: source of aliases and path values
60: .El
61: .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
62: A diagnostic is given for names which are aliased to more than a single
63: word,
64: or if an executable file with the argument name was not found in the path.
65: .Sh BUGS
66: Must be executed by a
67: .Xr csh 1 ,
68: or some other shell which knows about aliases.
69: .Sh HISTORY
70: The
71: .Nm
72: command appeared in
73: .Bx 3.0 .