Find the path of a shell command

[Chris Green]

jak <nospam at please.ty> wrote:
> 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?
> 
>From a command prompt use the bash built-in 'command' :-

    command -v rm

... and rm will just about always be in /usr/bin.

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Chris Green
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