On 02/23/2012 07:51 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 13:00, Bruce Wolk<[email protected]> wrote: >> I am trying to find the location of an executable file named >> mkvirtualenv. If I run "locate mkvirtualenv" it does not find it. If I >> run "sudo find . -name mkvirtualenv" from the root directory it does not >> find it. "which mkvirtualenv" yields nothing. But if I type mkvi<tab>, >> bash completion completes it and it will execute from any directory. >> Can someone explain to me what is going on? I am using Ubuntu 10.04. >> Thanks. >> > > Looks like it's a bash function brought to you courtesy of the package > virtualenvwrapper. > > Functions can be discovered with 'declare -f'. There are a ton if > you're using the bash-completion package, so what I'd do is type > 'declare -f mkvi<tab>' ... if it's a function, the full name will tab > complete. Then press<return> to see its definition if you like. > > And digging deeper yet, if you incant 'shopt -s extdebug; declare -F > mkvi<tab><return>' you can find where it was defined!
Thanks so much for your explanation. I've never dealt with this aspect of linux. Your incantation at the end is amazing! _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
