Thursday, June 2, 2022

[SOLVED] Equivalent of *Nix 'which' command in PowerShell?

Issue

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.



Answered By - halr9000
Answer Checked By - Terry (WPSolving Volunteer)