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32.\" @(#)which.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 4/23/91
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34.Dd April 23, 1991
35.Dt WHICH 1
36.Os BSD 3
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm which
39.Nd "locate a program file including aliases and paths"
40.Pq Xr csh 1
41only)
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm which
44.Op Ar name
45.Ar ...
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Nm Which
48takes a list of names and looks for the files which would be
49executed had these names been given as commands.
50Each argument is expanded if it is aliased,
51and searched for along the user's path.
52Both aliases and path are taken from the user's
53.Pa \&.cshrc
54file.
55.Sh FILES
56.Bl -tag -width ~/\&.cshrc
57.It Pa ~/\&.cshrc
58source of aliases and path values
59.El
60.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
61A diagnostic is given for names which are aliased to more than a single
62word,
63or if an executable file with the argument name was not found in the path.
64.Sh BUGS
65Must be executed by a
66.Xr csh 1 ,
67or some other shell which knows about aliases.
68.Sh HISTORY
69The
70.Nm
71command appeared in
72.Bx 3.0 .