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From:	culliton@srg.srg.af.mil (Tom Culliton x2278)
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To:	cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu, rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu,
	rsalz@osf.org
Subject: Re:  Things I'd like whatis to have:
Date:	Wed, 10 Mar 1993 18:21:45 -0500
Message-Id: <9303101821.aa10970@ceres.srg.af.mil>

> From: rsalz@osf.org
> 
> here's "whatis -p", called "wh" from a standard old BBN program.
>     fn wh { i=() {
> 	for (i in $path) {
> 	    test -x $i^/^$1 && echo $i^/^$1 && return 0
> 	}
> 	echo $1 not found >[1=2]
> 	return 1
>     } }

This has a slight bug, to avoid getting caught by directories the test
should be:

	test -f $i^/^$1 -a -x $i^/^$1

Tom