whence
A zsh builtin to indicate how a given command would be interpreted. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/OpenSolaris/1/whence/.
- Interpret {{command}}, with expansion if defined as an
alias(similar to thecommand -vbuiltin):whence "{{command}}" - Display type of {{command}}, with location if defined as a function, or binary (equivalent to the
typeandcommand -Vbuiltins):whence -v "{{command}}" - Same as above, except display content of shell functions instead of location (equivalent to
whichbuiltin):whence -c "{{command}}" - Same as above, but show all occurrences on command path (equivalent to the
wherebuiltin):whence -ca "{{command}}" - Search only the
PATHfor {{command}}, ignoring builtins, aliases or shell functions (equivalent to thewherecommand):whence -p "{{command}}"
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