Debian's which hunt

Posted Oct 29, 2021 21:15 UTC (Fri) by weberm (guest, #131630)
In reply to: Debian's which hunt by pj
Parent article: Debian's which hunt

I assume you're using bash? zsh?

$ type -a ls
mksh: whence: -a: unknown option

IMO which being an external tool actually comes in quite handy here. It has its drawbacks, but also its benefits.

Debian's which hunt

Posted Oct 29, 2021 21:29 UTC (Fri) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

For scripts it may depend on what you're trying to achieve but in _interactive_ use you should always, always use the builtin provided by your particular shell. It's likely not portable but who cares: it's interactive use. There's no drawback and huge benefits.