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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Path and/or alias finding
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 22:43:06 +0200
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On 2024-06-14 22:24, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:50:02 +0000, Robert Heller wrote:
> 
>> At Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:42:40 +0200 "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

....

>>> What command would show what exact incantation is used? Ie, what
>>> path/binary, or what alias?
>>>
>>> which tarx?
> [snip]
>>> But it is an alias in my system
>>
>> This depends on the shell...
>>
>> marchhare% which dir
>> dir:     aliased to ls -F -C
>> marchhare% echo $SHELL
>> /bin/tcsh
> 
> 16:22:25 $ echo $SHELL
> /bin/bash
> 
> 16:22:28 $ alias
> alias tarx='tar -xf'

Yes, this confirms that it is an alias, but the question was rather how 
to find that a particular incantation by the user runs what.

is it (tarx or whatever) a command in some path, or is it an alias? 
"type" does that.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.