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Re: Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node



On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 at 15:34:31 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote:
> node-which finds the first instance of a specified executable
> in the PATH environment variable.

How does this differ from:

* the 'which' utility in debianutils (which is Essential: yes)

* the 'which' builtin in shells that have copied it from csh (including zsh)

* command -v, which exists on every POSIX system supporting the User
  Portability Utilities option, and in particular is a builtin in dash

* command -V, a more verbose form of command -v, which exists on every POSIX
  system supporting the User Portability Utilities option, and in particular
  is a builtin in dash

and how/when is it be better or more useful than those?

    S


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