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Re: [[ -x =command ]]

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From: Atom Smasher <atom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [[ -x =command ]]
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:40:59 +1300 (NZDT)
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Frank Terbeck wrote:

b) if not, what's the correct way to test if a command exists in thePATH?
[[ -x $(which most) ]] && echo yay || echo nay

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cool, thanks...

[[ -x $(whence -p most) ]] && export PAGER=$(whence -p most)


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