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1.4     ! millert    35: .Dd February 21, 1997
1.1       deraadt    36: .Dt WHICH 1
1.4     ! millert    37: .Os
1.1       deraadt    38: .Sh NAME
                     39: .Nm which
1.4     ! millert    40: .Nd "locate a program file (or files) in the path"
1.1       deraadt    41: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     42: .Nm which
                     43: .Op Ar name
                     44: .Ar ...
                     45: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     46: .Nm Which
                     47: takes a list of names and looks for the files which would be
                     48: executed had these names been given as commands.
1.4     ! millert    49: Each argument is searched for along the user's path.
        !            50: .Sh RETURN VALUES
1.3       niklas     51: The
1.4     ! millert    52: .Nm
1.3       niklas     53: utility exits with one of the following values:
                     54: .Bl -tag -width 4n
                     55: .It 0
                     56: All names got successfully resolved.
                     57: .It 1
                     58: Some names got resolved but not all.
                     59: .It 2
                     60: No names got resolved.
1.4     ! millert    61: .It -1
        !            62: A system error occurred.
1.3       niklas     63: .El
1.4     ! millert    64: .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
        !            65: A diagnostic is given if an executable file with the argument
        !            66: name was not found in the path.
        !            67: .Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
        !            68: .Bl -tag -width PATH
        !            69: .It Ev PATH
        !            70: .Nm
        !            71: uses the environment variable
        !            72: .Ev PATH
        !            73: as a colon-separated list of directories in which to find executables.
        !            74: If
        !            75: .Ev PATH
        !            76: is not set, and the given name is not a fully-qualified
        !            77: or relative pathname,
        !            78: .Nm
        !            79: will fail.
1.1       deraadt    80: .El
1.4     ! millert    81: .Sh CAVEATS
        !            82: The
        !            83: .Nm
        !            84: command formerly was a
        !            85: .Xr csh 1
        !            86: script and could expand aliases.
        !            87: .Xr csh 1
        !            88: now has a built-in
        !            89: .Nm
        !            90: comand so this version is intended for use
        !            91: with other shells like
        !            92: .Xr sh 1 .
        !            93: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.1       deraadt    94: .Xr csh 1 ,
1.4     ! millert    95: .Xr sh 1 ,
        !            96: .Xr environ 7
1.1       deraadt    97: .Sh HISTORY
1.4     ! millert    98: A
1.1       deraadt    99: .Nm
                    100: command appeared in
                    101: .Bx 3.0 .