[Re: [GRASS5] Arrow keys and default pager]

GRASS GRASS developer
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The message was cut, so I shorten it:

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Markus Neteler wrote:

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> (taken from Init.sh)
> I don't understand, why assuming "sed" is available is better than
> assuming "which" is available. Init.sh already uses several non-sh
> commands (sed, awk, grep, whoami). Why not "which"?

here some explanations:
Unfortunately especially "which" doesn't appear on various platforms.
And also "type -p" even doesn't work everywhere. The others (sed, awk, grep,
whoami) are more common. That's the standardized un*x world :frowning:

o Linux: $> alias which
  alias which='type -p'

  $> type -p grass5
  /usr/local/bin/grass5

Solaris: $> alias which
  alias: 'which' not found

  $> type -p grass5
  /usr/local/bin/grass5

CRAY: $> alias which
  which: alias not found

  $> type -p grass5
  /usr/local/bin/grass5

We have found platforms (was it SGI) where "type -p" is not present. Urgs