Re: How to override the default executable resolution order of PATH?

[Dennis Williamson]

On Sat, May 2, 2020, 4:48 PM Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:

> Suppose
>
> 1. dir1 is before dir2 in PATH.
> 2. Most of the executables with the same name should be resolved to
> those in dir1 instead of dir2.
> 3. There are a small fraction of executables with the same name should
> resolve to those in dir2.
> 4. dir1 and dir2 can not be modified.
>
> Does anybody know the best way to fine control how the executables are
> resolved to? Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peng
>


builtin hash -p /path/to/dir2/executable1 executable1

Or create a wrapper script which runs the executable in dir3 and add dirt
to the beginning of PATH.

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