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Re: "command -v"

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From: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
To: Bruce Stephens <bruce+zsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: "command -v"
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 22:46:51 -0400
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> There's a discussion on debian-devel about a bunch of packages using
> "command -v" in their scripts, which all debian POSIX shells support,
> with the exception of zsh.  ("command -v" isn't in POSIX, apparently,
> but it's in other standards.)
> 
> Anyway, probably zsh ought to support it, whatever it does.

This might do in a pinch:

command() { case "$1" in -v) shift; whence "$@" ;; *) builtin command
"$@";; esac }

References:
- "command -v"
  - From: Bruce Stephens

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