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pclyne@idx.com.au (Paul Clyne) writes:

>	One more question though.  How do you remember if a file is in 
>your path or not ?.  Is it just expirence that lets you remember or do 
>you use extensive use of the find command ?.

You can use the 'which' command to find out if a program is in your path.
eg.
$ which rm
/bin/rm
$ which foo
$

If you are using the bash shell (echo $SHELL), you can use the 'type'
builtin command. This will also tell you if a command is an alias, shell
function or a builtin shell function (other stuff too probably).

$ type rm
rm is /bin/rm
$ type gv
gv is aliased to `ghostview'
$ type l
l is a function
l () 
{ 
  ls -l $*
}
$ type foo
bash: type: foo: not found
$ 

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