"Prasad" writes:

> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to write a which like utility ie. my_which. Basic
> functionality is over.
> But, I am not sure how I could search for aliases as the standard which
> command does.
>
> Please give some suggestions....

Stop trying. The shell aliases are impossible to determine outside
the shell.

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In article <1168448782.620572.218070@k58g2000hse.googlegroups. com>,
Prasad wrote:

>But, I am not sure how I could search for aliases as the standard which
>command does.
>
>Please give some suggestions....

Ah, have you considered reading the which source?

In article ,
Måns Rullgård wrote:

>Stop trying. The shell aliases are impossible to determine outside
>the shell.

Try typing "which which"

ellis@no.spam () writes:

> In article ,
> Måns Rullgård wrote:
>
>>Stop trying. The shell aliases are impossible to determine outside
>>the shell.
>
> Try typing "which which"

What's your point? The "which" executable knows nothing about shell
aliases. Many shells have a builtin "which" that does.

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mru@inprovide.com

In article ,
Måns Rullgård wrote:

>> Try typing "which which"

>What's your point? The "which" executable knows nothing about shell
>aliases. Many shells have a builtin "which" that does.

Did you try it?

ellis@no.spam () writes:

> In article ,
> Måns Rullgård wrote:
>
>>> Try typing "which which"
>
>>What's your point? The "which" executable knows nothing about shell
>>aliases. Many shells have a builtin "which" that does.
>
> Did you try it?

Yes, I did:

$ which which
/usr/bin/which

Am I supposed to be surprised? I don't see the connection with aliases.

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In article ,
Måns Rullgård wrote:

>$ which which
>/usr/bin/which
>
>Am I supposed to be surprised? I don't see the connection with aliases.

Ok, you're distribution didn't do what mine does:

alias which='alias | /usr/bin/which --tty-only --read-alias --show-dot --show-tilde'
/usr/bin/which

The alias for which is probably what accounts for the OP's desire
to find aliases.

In article <1168448782.620572.218070@k58g2000hse.googlegroups. com>,
Prasad wrote:
:Hi All,
:
:I am trying to write a which like utility ie. my_which. Basic
:functionality is over.
:But, I am not sure how I could search for aliases as the standard which
:command does.
:
:Please give some suggestions....

$ type which
which is aliased to `alias | /usr/bin/which --tty-only --read-alias --show-dot --show-tilde'

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