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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# shellcheck disable=SC2230
# vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et
#
# Author: Hari Sekhon
# Date: 2019-09-15 09:59:01 +0100 (Sun, 15 Sep 2019)
#
# https://github.com/harisekhon/bash-tools
#
# License: see accompanying Hari Sekhon LICENSE file
#
# If you're using my code you're welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn and optionally send me feedback to help steer this or other code I publish
#
# https://www.linkedin.com/in/harisekhon
#
# Returns the first argument that is found as an executable in the $PATH
#
# Useful for Macs to find where libraries executable scripts like fatpacks are, which may get installed locally in $HOME/perl5/bin to avoid Mac OS X System Integrity Protection
set -euo pipefail
[ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x
perl="${PERL:-perl}"
perl_path=""
while read -r path; do
bin="${path%/lib/perl*/site-packages*}/bin"
if [ -d "$bin" ]; then
perl_path="$perl_path:$bin"
fi
done < <("$perl" -e 'print join("\n", @INC);')
if [ -d ~/perl5/bin ]; then
perl_path="$perl_path:"~/perl5/bin
fi
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
cat <<EOF
Find where one or more CLI programs are installed by searching all the perl library locations
Especially useful when perl tools get installed to places not in your \$PATH - where the 'which' command can't help
usage: ${0##*/} <program> [<program2> <program3> ...]
EOF
exit 1
fi
set +o pipefail
found="$(PATH="$perl_path" type -P "$@" | head -n 1)"
set -o pipefail
if [ -n "$found" ]; then
echo "$found"
else
echo "no perl executable was found matching any of: $*" >&2
echo "\$PATH searched was: $PATH" >&2
exit 1
fi