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Why does the “which” command give duplicate results?
which -a ruby gives me
/usr/ruby
/usr/ruby
/usr/ruby
It gives the same path three times. Why does this happen?
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votes
3answers
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My `which` command may be wrong (sometimes)?
I've compiled the last emacs version from the source code (v24.2) because the version installed on my machine is (quite) old for me (v21.3). I've done the usual:
$configure --prefix=$HOME
make
make ...
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2answers
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How to add home directory path to be discovered by Unix which command?
I have installed node.js at custom location and added the location to the $PATH in .profile file.
Hoons-MacBook-Air:npm Eonil$ node --version
v0.6.2
Hoons-MacBook-Air:npm Eonil$ which node
...
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vote
3answers
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How to determine which executable on my path will be run?
I run which and get the following,
brendan$ which python
/opt/local/bin/python
brendan$ which -a python
/opt/local/bin/python
/usr/bin/python
brendan$ ls -l /opt/local/bin/python
lrwxr-xr-x ...
4
votes
2answers
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What does '//' mean in return from `which`
I have an executable script test under the full path /home/sawa/foo/bar/test. The directory /home/sawa/foo/bar is within $PATH, and has priority over the default ones including /usr/bin. When I do
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