Linux Command - which
which - Locate a program in the user’s path.
Syntax
1 | which [options] programname [...] |
Description
Which takes one or more arguments. For each of its arguments it prints to stdout the full path of the executables that would have been executed when this argument had been entered at the shell prompt.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| –all, -a | Print all matching executables in PATH, not just the first. |
Example
locate pwd command path
1 | which cd |
output:
1 | /bin/pwd |
locate head command path
1 | which head |
output:
1 | /usr/bin/head |
show all java command path
1 | which -a java |