# non-commercial use provided that this notice appears in
# all copies of the file. There is no warranty, either
# expressed or implied, supplied with this code.
#
# NAME
# findcmd - search for a command
#
# SYNOPSIS
# findcmd command
#
# DESCRIPTION
# This command searches the directories listed in the
# PATH variable for the command. It makes a reasonable
# attempt to find the same command as would be found by
# the shell, except that it does not find functions or
# built-in commands:
#
# 1. If the command name contains a /, the PATH variable
# is not used.
# 2. The directories in the PATH variable are searched in
# order, from left to right.
# 3. Files without execute access are ignored even if the
# file name matches the command name.
# 4. The search concludes when the first match is found.
#
# RETURN VALUE
# 0 Command was found
# 1 Usage error
# 2 Command was not found
#
############################################################
CMDNAME=`basename $0`
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "Usage: $CMDNAME command" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
FOUND=FALSE
COMMAND=$1
case $COMMAND in
*/* ) if [ -x "$COMMAND" -a ! -d "$COMMAND" ]; then
echo "$COMMAND"
FOUND=TRUE
fi
;;
* ) IFS=:
for dir in `echo "$PATH" |
sed -e 's/^:/.:/' \
-e 's/::/:.:/g' \
-e 's/:$/:./'`
exit 2
else
exit 0
fi
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