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That's my point. The which command with no extra arguments, listed /opt/local/bin/python, however when I executed python /usr/local/bin/python is executed. There are no aliases according to alias. type does get it right though (/usr/local/bin) but why does it execute this file and not the other which comes before it in the PATH?

Brendan
– Brendan

2011-07-22 10:56:22 +00:00
Commented Jul 22, 2011 at 10:56
Brendan: See my above comment (under laebshade's answer). Also, what gives type -a which and echo $PATH?

Philomath
– Philomath

2011-07-22 11:30:20 +00:00
Commented Jul 22, 2011 at 11:30
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I voted this the answer since I hadn't heard of the type command before. Thanks.

Brendan
– Brendan

2011-07-22 12:11:16 +00:00
Commented Jul 22, 2011 at 12:11

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