---
name: "which.debianutils"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "debianutils"
version: "5.23.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/which.debianutils"
---

# which.debianutils(1)

locate a command

## NAME

which - locate a command

## SYNOPSIS

which \[-as\] filename ...

## DESCRIPTION

**which** returns the pathnames of the files (or links) which would be executed in the current environment, had its arguments been given as commands in a strictly POSIX-conformant shell. It does this by searching the PATH for executable files matching the names of the arguments. It does not canonicalize path names.

## OPTIONS

- **-a**

  print all matching pathnames of each argument

- **-s**

  silently return 0 if all of the executables were found  or 1 otherwise

## EXIT STATUS

- **0**

  if all specified commands are found and executable

- **1**

  if one or more specified commands is nonexistent or not executable

- **2**

  if an invalid option is specified