Brief Linux Command Line notes: Which

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Display the directory of the system command

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Parameters

Command-listYesWhichOne or more search commands (practicalProgram)

 

Example Which single command

 
$Which Ls/Bin/Ls
 

Which multiple commands

$Which Grep Cat Cut/Bin/Grep/Bin/Cat/Usr/bin/Cut
 

 

Tips

1. which can only be used to search for the directory where the command is located. If the command has an alias, the alias will be displayed (depending on the release version)

2. whereis not only searches for the directory where the command is located, but also searches for the path to help document storage

3. Normally, the/sbin and/usr/sbin directories store root user commands, and the/bin and/usr/bin directories store common user commands.

4. Whatis can display brief information about the command and what can be used?