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0 pointsIshKebab4y ago0 comments

> I learned about `command -v` just now reading this article

Me too and I'm sure we're not the only ones. But look at this quote from the article:

> surely no one competent would choose to have a package depend on `which` when a standard POSIX utility can do a better job

This is an mind-bogglingly misguided attitude. Anyone that has never heard of an obscure POSIX command is incompetent? Or is it that really that most people don't want to spend their time writing awful shell scripts and figuring out exactly what is POSIX and what isn't?

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mindcrime4y ago

I'd also never heard of `command -v` until reading this article just now. But then I've only been using *nix systems for about 25 years.

bxparks4y ago

I heard of 'command -v' once before years ago, then completely forgot about it until this article. I don't like it because it's harder to type and harder to remember (why the -v?).

But I've only been using Unix for 37 years, so I'm not really competent.

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