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whence — A Zsh builtin to indicate how a command would be interpreted. More information: <https://zsh.sourcef
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whence command: A Zsh builtin to indicate how a command would be interpreted. More information: <https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Shell-Builtin-Commands.html#index-whence>.Solution
whence — A Zsh builtin to indicate how a command would be interpreted. More information: <https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Shell-Builtin-Commands.html#index-whence>.Interpret
command, with expansion if defined as an alias (similar to the command -v builtin):whence "{{command}}"Display type of
command, with location if defined as a function or binary (equivalent to the type and command -V builtins):whence -v "{{command}}"Same as above, except display content of shell functions instead of location (equivalent to
which builtin):whence -c "{{command}}"Same as above, but show all occurrences on command path (equivalent to the
where builtin):whence -ca "{{command}}"Search only the
$PATH for command, ignoring builtins, aliases, or shell functions (equivalent to the where command):whence -p "{{command}}"Code Snippets
Interpret `command`, with expansion if defined as an `alias` (similar to the `command -v` builtin)
whence "{{command}}"Display type of `command`, with location if defined as a function or binary (equivalent to the `type` and `command -V` builtins)
whence -v "{{command}}"Same as above, except display content of shell functions instead of location (equivalent to `which` builtin)
whence -c "{{command}}"Same as above, but show all occurrences on command path (equivalent to the `where` builtin)
whence -ca "{{command}}"Search only the `$PATH` for `command`, ignoring builtins, aliases, or shell functions (equivalent to the `where` command)
whence -p "{{command}}"Context
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