5 Which Aliases
alias which='{ command alias; command declare -f; } | command which --read-functions --read-alias'
Which (a)lias
alias whicha='command alias | command which --read-alias'
Which (f)unction
alias whichf='command declare -f | command which --read-functions'
Which e(x)ecutable file in PATH
alias whichx='command which'
Which (all) alias, function, builtin, and files in PATH
alias whichall='{ command alias; command declare -f; } | command which --read-functions --read-alias -a'
# From my .bash_profile http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html
$ which env
alias env='command printenv'
$ whichf env
env ()
{
command env $@
}
$ whicha env
alias env='command printenv'
$ whichx env
/bin/env
$ whichall env
alias env='command printenv'
env ()
{
command env $@
}
/bin/env
/usr/bin/env
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whichall envIllegal option -- Usage: /usr/bin/which [-a] args