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| From | Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Tips/advice for installing latest version of fzf? |
| Date | 2021-08-31 23:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <CSjuq-Aa-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <CSdyF-5mn-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <CSdIm-5pC-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <CSeuJ-5Vo-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <CSgGd-7fl-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <CSgZA-7lF-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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>> "sudo which hash" shows nothing. Not sure whey. > > sudo is an external program, which launches other external programs. > > When you type "sudo which hash", your shell (zsh) forks a child, and > that child executes "sudo". sudo does its authentication/authorization > dance, and then executes "which hash", looking for an external command > in $PATH. It will find /usr/bin/which, and it will run that. > > So effectively, you're running sudo /usr/bin/which hash. > > /usr/bin/which, being an external program, has no concept of shell > builtins. It can only look for other external programs. And there is > no program named hash. Only shell builtins. > > You would get a similar non-answer if you ran "/usr/bin/which hash" > in your shell. The sudo part doesn't change anything, since there are > no directories in $PATH that require superuser privileges to search. > At least, there shouldn't be. OK, got it. I never knew this. Lots of nuances to all this stuff. That's what keeps it interesting, I suppose. Thanks!
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Re: Tips/advice for installing latest version of fzf? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-08-31 16:40 +0200
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Re: Tips/advice for installing latest version of fzf? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-08-31 17:20 +0200
Re: Tips/advice for installing latest version of fzf? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-08-31 17:40 +0200
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Re: Tips/advice for installing latest version of fzf? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-08-31 20:30 +0200
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Re: Tips/advice for installing latest version of fzf? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-08-31 23:30 +0200
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Re: Tips/advice for installing latest version of fzf? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-31 17:40 +0200
Re: Tips/advice for installing latest version of fzf? Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> - 2021-08-31 20:30 +0200
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