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How can I find the binary that is executed when entering a command?

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I just have installed TeX-Live 2012, but I still get

moose@pc07:~$ latex --version

pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.10-2.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)

kpathsea version 5.0.0

Copyright 2009 Peter Breitenlohner (eTeX)/Han The Thanh (pdfTeX).

There is NO warranty.  Redistribution of this software is

covered by the terms of both the pdfTeX copyright and

the Lesser GNU General Public License.

For more information about these matters, see the file

named COPYING and the pdfTeX source.

Primary author of pdfTeX: Peter Breitenlohner (eTeX)/Han The Thanh (pdfTeX).

Compiled with libpng 1.2.42; using libpng 1.2.42

Compiled with zlib 1.2.3.3; using zlib 1.2.3.3

Compiled with poppler version 0.12.4

So I've wondered if I could find out where the binary that gets executed when I enter latex --version is located. Is this possible?

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answered 3 Years ago ersoggles · Accepted Answer

The type command is built-in to bash (which is a standalone program).

type latex

The type command can also differentiate between shell aliases, shell functions and standalone programs if you pass the -a option: I have an alias for ls

$ type -a ls

ls is aliased to `ls -F'

ls is /bin/ls