which(1): Add EXAMPLES section to manpage

Add EXAMPLES section showing the use of -a and -s flags and how which(1)
treates duplicates.

Approved by:	manpages (gbe@)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26182
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fernape 2020-09-24 16:11:53 +00:00
parent 9dfa174634
commit 2c79e4bbcd

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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 13, 2006
.Dd September 24, 2020
.Dt WHICH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -62,6 +62,48 @@ command which is similar or identical to this utility.
Consult the
.Xr builtin 1
manual page.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Locate the
.Xr ls 1
and
.Xr cp 1
commands:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ /usr/bin/which ls cp
/bin/ls
/bin/cp
.Ed
.Pp
Same as above with a specific
.Va PATH
and showing all occurrences:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ PATH=/bin:/rescue /usr/bin/which -a ls cp
/bin/ls
/rescue/ls
/bin/cp
/rescue/cp
.Ed
.Pp
.Nm which
will show duplicates if the same executable is find more than once:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ PATH=/bin:/bin /usr/bin/which -a ls
/bin/ls
/bin/ls
.Ed
.Pp
Do not show output.
Just exit with an appropriate return code:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ /usr/bin/which -s ls cp
$ echo $?
0
$ /usr/bin/which -s fakecommand
$ echo $?
1
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr builtin 1 ,
.Xr csh 1 ,