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36 .Nd "locate a program file in the user's path"
45 takes a list of command names and searches the path for each executable
46 file that would be run had these commands actually been invoked.
48 The following options are available:
49 .Bl -tag -width indent
51 List all instances of executables found (instead of just the first one
54 No output, just return 0 if any of the executables are found, or 1 if
58 Some shells may provide a builtin
60 command which is similar or identical to this utility.
73 command first appeared in
79 utility was originally written in Perl and was contributed by
80 .An Wolfram Schneider Aq Mt wosch@FreeBSD.org .
81 The current version of
84 .An Daniel Papasian Aq Mt dpapasia@andrew.cmu.edu .