There are several situations where I need to find an executable. One that comes immediately to mind is when I need to specify what program to use to open an online stream and the program I want is not appearing in an offered list. So I need to go find the .exe. At least this is how I have always gone about solving this problem. I have tried using the $which command but this rarely works for me. The $which command often can't find the exe because the exe has been placed somewhere else (hence why putting all this stuff in one place is a good idea).
> From: jonat...@starlingcottage.co.uk > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 19:46:37 +0000 > Subject: Re: Ubuntu should move all binaries to /usr/bin/ > To: nru...@hotmail.com > > On 1 November 2011 19:01, nick rundy <nru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I came to ubuntu from Windows. And one thing Windows does well is make it > > easy to find an executable file (i.e., it's in C:\Program Files\). Finding > > an executable file in Ubuntu is frustrating & lacks organization that makes > > sense to users. Fedora is considering a fix for this issue. I think Ubuntu > > should do the same. > > > > Here's a link to an article that talks about Fedora's idea: > > http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-considers-moving-all-binaries-to-usr-bin-1369642.html?view=print > > > > Why do you want to "find" an executable? If you want to run it, just > type it. If you want to know where it is (for whatever reason, not > sure why if it's on the $PATH) then type $ which $command, e.g. $ > which bash -> /usr/bin/bash > > Jonathon
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