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WHICH(1)		   OpenBSD Reference Manual		      WHICH(1)

NAME
     which - locate a program file (or files) in the path

SYNOPSIS
     which [-a] name ...

DESCRIPTION
     which takes a list of names and looks for the files which would be
     executed had these names been given as commands.  Each argument is
     searched for along the user's path.

     If the -a flag is given, which will return a list of all matches instead
     of just the first match.

ENVIRONMENT
     The following environment variables affect the execution of which:

     PATH  A colon-separated list of directories in which to find executables.
	   If PATH is not set, and the given name is not a fully qualified or
	   relative pathname, which will fail.

EXIT STATUS
     The which utility exits with one of the following values:

	   0	   All names were successfully resolved.
	   1	   Some names were resolved but not all.
	   2	   No names were resolved.

DIAGNOSTICS
     A diagnostic is given if an executable file with the argument name was
     not found in the path.

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), find(1), locate(1), whereis(1), environ(7)

STANDARDS
     which also exists as a built-in to csh(1), though with a different
     syntax.

HISTORY
     A which command appeared in 3.0BSD.

OpenBSD 4.9		      September 29, 2010		   OpenBSD 4.9

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