how do I find the executable command

Culbert · 03-21-2003, 09:48 PM

How does one go about finding out the executable name for a program? For example to start kwrite you type kwrite (well that's an easy one, but you get the point). Is there a list of programs that are installed somewhere? Thanks

wapcaplet · 03-21-2003, 09:51 PM

Look in /bin, /usr/bin, and /usr/local/bin for what is probably a gigantic list of everything that a user can run.

For stuff that only administrators (like root) can run, also look in /sbin and /usr/sbin.

Culbert · 03-21-2003, 09:52 PM

Awesome, thanks!

Mustaf · 03-21-2003, 10:04 PM

It looks as though its 80/20 in favor of Windows.

Read the man pages

wapcaplet · 03-21-2003, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mustaf
It looks as though its 80/20 in favor of Windows.

Read the man pages

Er.. really? What's the man page that shows what software is installed?

rmartine · 03-22-2003, 12:03 AM

Also, rather than scrounging around directories looking for bin files. Try the whereis command

ex. bash2.05$ whereis kwrite

Good Luck

Daemonfly · 03-23-2003, 04:51 AM

Once in a while, I've found some programs that have some more odd executable file names compared to the package name - like Camserv - app is reffered to as Camserv, package is camserv.x.x.tar.gz but the binary executable is "relay".

In these cases, documentation in the tar file you downloaded, or project webpage.