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- # which
-
- Like the unix `which` utility.
-
- Finds the first instance of a specified executable in the PATH
- environment variable. Does not cache the results, so `hash -r` is not
- needed when the PATH changes.
-
- ## USAGE
-
- ```javascript
- var which = require('which')
-
- // async usage
- which('node', function (er, resolvedPath) {
- // er is returned if no "node" is found on the PATH
- // if it is found, then the absolute path to the exec is returned
- })
-
- // sync usage
- // throws if not found
- var resolved = which.sync('node')
-
- // if nothrow option is used, returns null if not found
- resolved = which.sync('node', {nothrow: true})
-
- // Pass options to override the PATH and PATHEXT environment vars.
- which('node', { path: someOtherPath }, function (er, resolved) {
- if (er)
- throw er
- console.log('found at %j', resolved)
- })
- ```
-
- ## CLI USAGE
-
- Same as the BSD `which(1)` binary.
-
- ```
- usage: which [-as] program ...
- ```
-
- ## OPTIONS
-
- You may pass an options object as the second argument.
-
- - `path`: Use instead of the `PATH` environment variable.
- - `pathExt`: Use instead of the `PATHEXT` environment variable.
- - `all`: Return all matches, instead of just the first one. Note that
- this means the function returns an array of strings instead of a
- single string.
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