${name:c}: Resolve Command Name

Resolves a command name into an absolute paths by searching in $PATH.

This does only work for simple names like command, not for relative paths like dir/command.

Links

• The Z Shell Manual on modifiers

Examples

Lookup absolute path of a command

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known="vim" echo $known:c unknown="not-there" echo $unknown:c

Output:

1 2	/usr/bin/vim not-there