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## which.lua

    -- a simple implementation of the which command. This looks for
    -- the given file on the path. On windows, it will assume an extension
    -- of .exe if no extension is given.
    local List = require 'pl.List'
    local path = require 'pl.path'
    local app = require 'pl.app'

    local pathl = List.split(os.getenv 'PATH',path.dirsep)

    local function which (file)
        local res = pathl:map(path.join,file)
        res = res:filter(path.exists)
        if res then return res[1] end
    end

    local _,lua = app.lua()
    local file = arg[1] or lua -- i.e. location of lua executable
    local try

    if not file then return print 'must provide a filename' end

    if path.extension(file) == '' and path.is_windows then
        try = which(file..'.exe')
    else
        try = which(file)
    end

    if try then print(try) else print 'cannot find on path' end

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