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Dev tools · November 15, 2016

My friend misspelled “which” command, so I created this script for him

Witch! . GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

My friend misspelled “which” command, so I created this script for him launched on November 15, 2016 with 14 votes, #1,559 of 3,636 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

In plain words

Witch! is a command-line script created to help users who misspell the "which" command in terminal environments. Hosted as a GitHub Gist, it serves developers and system administrators who need a quick workaround for this common typing error. The script provides an alternative way to locate executable files in the system path.

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From the sources

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