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| author | Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> | 2015-01-04 00:28:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> | 2015-01-04 00:28:03 +0000 |
| commit | aa622e08014744c54e585e34613c2572a27f0f4b (patch) | |
| tree | 7a593962eea341db5efbe6f7b9abc737decce88e /Doc | |
| parent | 454bb777cfc9b9c7970ccc1c7574fbf66b83d157 (diff) | |
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users/19682: document recommended use of whence
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index b4f4b6742..49c2c11c3 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -2087,6 +2087,11 @@ item(tt(whence) [ tt(-vcwfpamsS) ] var(name) ...)( For each name, indicate how it would be interpreted if used as a command name. +tt(whence) is most useful when var(name) is only the last path component +of a command, i.e. does not include a `tt(/)'; in particular, pattern +matching only succeeds if just the non-directory component of the command is +passed. + startitem() item(tt(-v))( Produce a more verbose report. @@ -2119,7 +2124,7 @@ throughout the command path. Normally only the first occurrence is printed. ) item(tt(-m))( -The arguments are taken as patterns (should be +The arguments are taken as patterns (pattern characters should be quoted), and the information is displayed for each command matching one of these patterns. ) |