Plan 9 /sys/man/1/search

NAME

search – search a list of files, set environment variable to first found

SYNOPSIS

var = `{search var file ... }

DESCRIPTION

If the file $var exists, search prints its name. Otherwise, it iterates over the list of files and prints the name of the first one that exists. If none exist, it prints `var? ' on /dev/cons and reads a file name from standard input until given one that exists.

EXAMPLES

Find our standalone root fossil file system.

fossil = `{search fossil /dev/fs/stand /dev/fs/fossil \ /dev/sd[~e–h]?/fossil}


	search – search a list of files, set environment variable to first found


	If the file $var exists, search prints its name. Otherwise, it iterates over the list of files and prints the name of the first one that exists. If none exist, it prints `var`? '` on `/dev/cons` and reads a file name from standard input until given one that exists.


	`/rc/bin/search`