> Well, no, even on Linux there's no de facto standard. Fedora/RHEL use GNU which, but Debian-derived distros use the debianutils which, which is not the same a

> Well, no, even on Linux there's no de facto standard. Fedora/RHEL use GNU which, but Debian-derived distros use the debianutils which, which is not the same as GNU which. Honest question, is any of this relevant? It's a mystery to me why anyone would care as long as it gets the job done. Anyone wanting something else can go ahead and use it. Put differently: it would make no difference to anyone currently using command -v. If the Debian devs have a time machine, they can go back to the start and change the course of history. Otherwise none of the discussion around this issue makes sense.