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jimfred on 11/27/08


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URL: http://www.rdpslides.com/publiclinks/FAQ00138.htm

This which.bat command works like Linux/bash 'which'

Save the Source as file which.bat and place it somewhere in the executable path.

Example usage: "which notepad.exe" results in "C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe". Note the .exe - 'which notepad' (without the .exe) results in "notepad not found in path"

See http://www.rdpslides.com/publiclinks/FAQ00138.htm for a description of the %~blah:1 syntax. The link describes the use of percent and tilde with environment variables.

This has a more extensive implementation: http://ss64.com/nt/which.cmd.txt

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  1. @Set Which=%~$PATH:1
  2. @if "%Which%"=="" ( echo %1 not found in path ) else ( echo %Which% )

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Posted By: Vordreller on March 21, 2009

This only seems to work for files located in the WINDOWS map.

Posted By: jimfred on May 13, 2010

It works for executables found in non-Windows directories listed in the PATH environment variable. For example, 'which.svn.exe' shows 'C:\Program Files\Subversion\bin\svn.exe' because, in this example, 'C:\Program Files\Subversion\bin' is listed in the PATH.

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