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Equivalent of *Nix 'which' command in PowerShell?

How do I ask PowerShell where something is?

For instance, "which notepad" and it returns the directory where the notepad.exe is run from according to the current paths.

Solution

  • The very first alias I made once I started customizing my profile in PowerShell was 'which'.

    New-Alias which get-command

    To add this to your profile, type this:

    "`nNew-Alias which get-command" | add-content $profile

    The `n at the start of the last line is to ensure it will start as a new line.