Re: bash needs builtin 'which' command

[Chet Ramey]

> $ which true
> /bin/true
> but that's not what gets called by
> $ true
> etc. etc.  It seems that the only way to get 'which' to know about
> bash builtins is to make it a builtin itself [in addition to, not
> replacement for, /usr/bin/which, etc.]  That seems to be the right way
> to get it to give the correct answer from within bash [where it will
> know about builtins] or from outside of bash [where it will only know
> about /bin, etc.].

Don't use `which'; use `type'.

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