some more unix commands
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SOME MORE UNIX COMMANDS
LOCATING COMMANDS
The location where a command or an executable program is stored is found by using
the type command. Suppose we want to know the location of ls command, then we
use type command like this :
$ type ls [press Enter]
ls is /bin/ls
It shows that ls command is located in the file ls in the bin directory of root directory.
PATH
The path is a variable that contains the specification of sequence of directories thatshell searches to look for a command. Its value can be displayed by using with echo
command :
$ echo $PATH [press Enter]
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
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