You can use "type" or "whereis" command to find out which command shell executes and to print binary (command) file location for specified command.
whereis command example
Display ls command location along with man page path:
whereis ls
Output:
ls: /bin/ls /usr/share/man/man1p/ls.1p.gz /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz
type command example
Find out which command the shell executes:
type -a ls
Output:
ls is aliased to `ls --color=tty'
ls is /bin/ls
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If for some reason the command you are looking for is not in your PATH you can try the locate command to find out where it might be located
% locate ls
i access my server through sshd using putty but after a certain period of time the port on which sshd is open is closed automatically.
i am not able to figure out this problem.
please help me thanks in advance
How to know the virsion of a binary file in UNIX?
Need unix command for the same.