Confusing results using which

hairypaulsack · 02-07-2020, 10:01 PM

Event Order:

$apt install mosquitto
mess around, failed, found out needed to build from source
dl src and build then install
$which mosquitto
/usr/local/sbin/mosquitto
$apt remove mosquitto
$which mosquitto
/usr/local/sbin/mosquitto

I could swear 'which' has shown me 2 locations of a file just like windoze does with 'where'
If I were to guess, the first 'which' was referring to the apt install and the second the source build? Or are these like shortcuts / symlink hardlinks?

scasey · 02-07-2020, 10:07 PM

1. The responses to which appear to be the same.
2. To see if there are links use

Code:

ls -l /usr/local/sbin/mosquitto

ondoho · 02-08-2020, 04:54 AM

I find I sometimes have to close and reopen the terminal, otherwise 'which' doesn't tell the truth.