Author: fernape (ports committer) Date: Thu Sep 24 16:11:53 2020 New Revision: 366119 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/366119
Log: which(1): Add EXAMPLES section to manpage Add EXAMPLES section showing the use of -a and -s flags and how which(1) treates duplicates. Approved by: manpages (gbe@) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26182 Modified: head/usr.bin/which/which.1 Modified: head/usr.bin/which/which.1 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/which/which.1 Thu Sep 24 15:38:01 2020 (r366118) +++ head/usr.bin/which/which.1 Thu Sep 24 16:11:53 2020 (r366119) @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 13, 2006 +.Dd September 24, 2020 .Dt WHICH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -62,6 +62,48 @@ command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult the .Xr builtin 1 manual page. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Locate the +.Xr ls 1 +and +.Xr cp 1 +commands: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ /usr/bin/which ls cp +/bin/ls +/bin/cp +.Ed +.Pp +Same as above with a specific +.Va PATH +and showing all occurrences: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ PATH=/bin:/rescue /usr/bin/which -a ls cp +/bin/ls +/rescue/ls +/bin/cp +/rescue/cp +.Ed +.Pp +.Nm which +will show duplicates if the same executable is find more than once: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ PATH=/bin:/bin /usr/bin/which -a ls +/bin/ls +/bin/ls +.Ed +.Pp +Do not show output. +Just exit with an appropriate return code: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ /usr/bin/which -s ls cp +$ echo $? +0 + +$ /usr/bin/which -s fakecommand +$ echo $? +1 +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr builtin 1 , .Xr csh 1 , _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
