Find the path of a shell command
jkn
jkn_gg at nicorp.f9.co.uk
Wed Oct 12 03:40:38 EDT 2022
On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 6:12:23 AM UTC+1, jak wrote:
> Il 12/10/2022 06:00, Paulo da Silva ha scritto:
> > Hi!
> >
> > The simple question: How do I find the full path of a shell command
> > (linux), i.e. how do I obtain the corresponding of, for example,
> > "type rm" in command line?
> >
> > The reason:
> > I have python program that launches a detached rm. It works pretty well
> > until it is invoked by cron! I suspect that for cron we need to specify
> > the full path.
> > Of course I can hardcode /usr/bin/rm. But, is rm always in /usr/bin?
> > What about other commands?
> >
> > Thanks for any comments/responses.
> > Paulo
> >
> I'm afraid you will have to look for the command in every path listed in
> the PATH environment variable.
erm, or try 'which rm' ?
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