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37.Dd April 23, 1991
38.Dt WHICH 1
39.Os BSD 3
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm which
9bafe280 42.Nd "locate a program file in the user's path"
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43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
45.Op Ar name
46.Ar ...
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Nm
49takes a list of names and looks for the files which would be
50executed had these names been given as commands.
51Each argument is expanded if it is aliased,
52and searched for along the user's path.
53Both aliases and path are taken from the user's
54.Pa \&.cshrc
55file.
56.Sh FILES
57.Bl -tag -width ~/\&.cshrc
58.It Pa ~/\&.cshrc
59source of aliases and path values
60.El
61.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
62A diagnostic is given for names which are aliased to more than a single
63word,
64or if an executable file with the argument name was not found in the path.
65.Sh BUGS
66Must be executed by a
67.Xr csh 1 ,
68or some other shell which knows about aliases.
69.Sh HISTORY
70The
71.Nm
72command appeared in
73.Bx 3.0 .