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shtool-path: GNU shtool command dealing with shell path variables
NAME
shtool path - GNU shtool command dealing with shell path variables
SYNOPSIS
shtool path [-s|--suppress] [-r|--reverse] [-d|--dirname] [-b|--basename] [-m|--magic] [-p|--path path] str [str ...]DESCRIPTION
This command deals with shell $PATH variables. It can find a program through one or more filenames given by one or more str arguments. It prints the absolute filesystem path to the program displayed on "stdout" plus an exit code of 0 if it was really found.OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.- -s, --suppress
- Supress output. Useful to only test whether a program exists with the help of the return code.
- -r, --reverse
- Transform a forward path to a subdirectory into a reverse path.
- -d, --dirname
- Output the directory name of str.
- -b, --basename
- Output the base name of str.
- -m, --magic
- Enable advanced magic search for ""perl"`` and ''"cpp"".
- -p, --path path
- Search in path. Default is to search in $PATH.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
awk=`shtool path -p "${PATH}:." gawk nawk awk`
perl=`shtool path -m perl`
cpp=`shtool path -m cpp`
revpath=`shtool path -r path/to/subdir`