Debian bug report logs - #1698 Where is which? Package: miscutils ; Reported by: Ian Jackson ; 14 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From qed.econ.queensu.ca!edd Wed Oct 18 08:58:04 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t5asW-000B3XC; Wed, 18 Oct 95 08:58 PDT Received: from post.QueensU.CA (knot.QueensU.CA) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28296 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 18 Oct 1995 08:57:39 -0700 Received: from miles.econ.queensu.ca (free2-slip228.tele.QueensU.CA [130.15.126.228]) by post.QueensU.CA (8.6.12/8.6.10+ASH) with SMTP id LAA00719; Wed, 18 Oct 1995 11:57:55 -0400 Received: by miles.econ.queensu.ca id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 18 Oct 95 11:54 EDT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 11:54 EDT To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell), debian-bugs@Pixar.com Cc: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk, Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca, amartin@engr.csulb.edu Subject: Re: Bug#1698: Where is which? In-Reply-To: <9510181436.AA08047@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> References: <9510181436.AA08047@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> From: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca Bill Mitchell writes: Bill> From the bash(1) man page: Bill> type [-all] [-type | -path] name [name ...] [...] type accepts -a, Bill> -t, and -p in place of -all, -type, and -path, respectively. [...] oops I trapped into an alias when I tried 'type -p ls'. Any idea how to write a little `which' script that captures alias definitions Thanks for correcting this, Bill. -- Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1698 ; Package miscutils . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Wed Oct 18 07:39:06 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t5Ze6-000B3GC; Wed, 18 Oct 95 07:39 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA24164 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 18 Oct 1995 07:38:42 -0700 Received: from mothost.mot.com (mothost.mot.com [129.188.137.101]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id JAA14956; Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:37:59 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by mothost.mot.com (8.6.12/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with SMTP id JAA08262; Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:37:58 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11339; Wed, 18 Oct 95 07:36:40 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08047; Wed, 18 Oct 95 07:36:29 PDT Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 07:36:29 PDT From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Message-Id: <9510181436.AA08047@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> To: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk, debian-bugs@Pixar.com, Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca Subject: Re: Bug#1698: Where is which? Cc: amartin@engr.csulb.edu Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca> X-Debian-Pr-Package: miscutils > Ian Jackson writes: > Ian> There should be a simple `which' script in miscutils, which invokes > Ian> bash's `type -p'. > > This should read 'type -path' according to the manpage and the on-line help I > have here with Debian's bash-1.14.4-2. >From the bash(1) man page: type [-all] [-type | -path] name [name ...] [...] type accepts -a, -t, and -p in place of -all, -type, and -path, respectively. [...] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1698 ; Package miscutils . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From qed.econ.queensu.ca!edd Tue Oct 17 19:03:16 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t5Nqd-0006FyC; Tue, 17 Oct 95 19:03 PDT Received: from post.QueensU.CA (knot.QueensU.CA) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA19093 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 17 Oct 1995 19:02:48 -0700 Received: from miles.econ.queensu.ca (free1-slip204.tele.QueensU.CA [130.15.126.204]) by post.QueensU.CA (8.6.12/8.6.10+ASH) with SMTP id WAA16743; Tue, 17 Oct 1995 22:03:03 -0400 Received: by miles.econ.queensu.ca id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Tue, 17 Oct 95 22:03 EDT Message-Id: Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 22:03 EDT To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@Pixar.com Cc: Anthony Martin Subject: Re: Bug#1698: Where is which? In-Reply-To: References: From: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca Ian Jackson writes: Ian> There should be a simple `which' script in miscutils, which invokes Ian> bash's `type -p'. This should read 'type -path' according to the manpage and the on-line help I have here with Debian's bash-1.14.4-2. -- Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1698 ; Package miscutils . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Tue Oct 17 18:08:40 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t5Mzn-0006EZC; Tue, 17 Oct 95 18:08 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA15117 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-user-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 17 Oct 1995 18:08:12 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t5O1n-0007u9C; Wed, 18 Oct 95 02:14 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t5MzO-0002abC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 18 Oct 95 02:08 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 02:08 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Anthony Martin , debian-user@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Where is which? Package: miscutils Version: 1.3-2 Richard Kettlewell writes ("Re: Where is which?"): > Anthony Martin writes: > >The "which" command didn't seem to come with debian. Isn't this a > >standard command? > > Under bash, just use `type'. Under tcsh, `which' is built in. Who > needs an extra binary? There should be a simple `which' script in miscutils, which invokes bash's `type -p'. `which' is not just used by people, it is also a very useful command in scripts, and it seems silly to use a bash-ism when so many systems have a perfectly good `which' command. > See `/usr/doc/bug-reporting.txt' for how to report bugs. I've reported this as a bug (as readers of debian-devel will see). Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : New bug report received and forwarded. 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