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search for a file in PATH

Also searches for aliases and shell builtins Show Sample Output
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```
root@fs3:~# type nvgui
nvgui is /usr/bin/nvgui
root@serv:~# type rm
rm is /bin/rm
root@fs3:~# type alias
alias is a shell builtin
root@serv:~# 
```
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type <filename>

danam · 2009-09-14 09:37:23 1
search for a file in PATH
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1

which <filename>

Hal_Pomeranz · 2009-09-12 00:51:24 2
Rerun a command until there are no changes, but no more than N times.

The example runs 'puppet' in a loop for 10 times, but exits the loop before if it returns 0 (that means "no changes on last run" for puppet).
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0

for times in $(seq 10) ; do puppet agent -t && break ; done

funollet · 2013-04-03 14:24:36 0
search for a file in PATH

Searches in order of the directories of $PATH. Stops after finding the entry; looks for only that fileName. Works in Bourne, Korn, Bash and Z shells. Show Sample Output
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```
/usr/local/bin/fileName
```
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for L in `echo :$PATH | tr : '\n'`; do F=${L:-"."}/fileName; if [ -f ${F} -o -h ${F} ]; then echo ${F}; break; fi; done

arcege · 2009-09-11 16:14:36 0

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