Re: `command -p` Not Searching Path

Op 09-08-2026 om 20:49 schreef Nathan Royce:
> 5) $ command -p echo //SHOULD have been from PATH, which we made to
> be a copy of `ls`


The '-p' only changes one thing about the behaviour of 'command': it causes 
the system's default path list (as shown by 'getconf PATH') to be used instead 
of $PATH while doing a path search. The purpose is to ignore the user's $PATH 
setting in cases where it shouldn't be trusted. In other words, the option 
guarantees the use of known-good standard utilities.

The option changes nothing else, so this still only disables the lookup of 
aliases and functions -- not builtins, which continue to take precedence over 
external commands. It's not possible to change this without breaking 
compatibility.

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