Linux Basics: which - Locate Commands

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Suppose you have a command you can execute, because it’s in the shell path, but you want to know where it is located.

You can do so using which. The command will return the path to the command specified:

which will only work for executables stored on disk, not aliases or built-in shell functions.

The which command works on Linux, macOS, WSL, and anywhere you have a UNIX environment

0:	Introduction
1:	pwd - Print Working Directory
2:	cd - Change Directory
3:	ls - List Files
4:	cat - Concatenate and Display Files
5:	less - View File Contents
6:	tail - View End of Files
7:	echo - Print to Output
8:	▶︎ which - Locate Commands
9:	type - Display Command Type
10:	clear - Clear Terminal
11:	Introduction to Linux
12:	The UNIX Filesystem Commands