&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Which-command-example.png){kind=small} Example usage of which command to show various commands' executable paths | |
| Developer(s) | Carlo Wood, Daniel Papasian, Trane Francks |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.21[1] 
/ 20 March 2015 |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, FreeDOS, AROS Research Operating System[2] |
| Type | Command |
| License | coreutils: GNU GPL v3, BusyBox: BSD, FreeDOS: GNU GPLv2, AROS: AROS Public License (APL) Version 1.1 (based on the MPL)[3] |
| Website | GNU: gnu |
In computing, which is a command for various operating systems used to identify the location of executables. The command is available in Unix and Unix-like systems, the AROS shell,[4] for FreeDOS[5] and for Microsoft Windows.[2] The functionality of the which command is similar to some implementations of the type command. POSIX specifies a command named command that also covers this functionality.[6]
- ^ "which".
- ^ a b
whichfor Windows from the GnuWin32 project - ^ "AROS Public License version 1.1".
- ^ "AROS Research Operating System".
- ^ "FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Group - Utilities". Ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
posixwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).