Find the path of a shell command

[jak]

Il 12/10/2022 09:40, jkn ha scritto:
> 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' ?

You might but if you don't know where the 'rm' command is, you will have
the same difficulty in using 'which' Command. Do not you think?