Tools/scripts/which.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

# Variant of "which".
# On stderr, near and total misses are reported.
# '-l<flags>' argument adds ls -l<flags> of each file found.

import sys
if sys.path[0] in (".", ""): del sys.path[0]

import sys, os
from stat import *

def msg(str):
    sys.stderr.write(str + '\n')

pathlist = os.environ['PATH'].split(':')

sts = 0
longlist = ''

if sys.argv[1:] and sys.argv[1][:2] == '-l':
    longlist = sys.argv[1]
    del sys.argv[1]

for prog in sys.argv[1:]:
    ident = ()
    for dir in pathlist:
        filename = os.path.join(dir, prog)
        try:
            st = os.stat(filename)
        except os.error:
            continue
        if not S_ISREG(st[ST_MODE]):
            msg(filename + ': not a disk file')
        else:
            mode = S_IMODE(st[ST_MODE])
            if mode & 0111:
                if not ident:
                    print filename
                    ident = st[:3]
                else:
                    if st[:3] == ident:
                        s = 'same as: '
                    else:
                        s = 'also: '
                    msg(s + filename)
            else:
                msg(filename + ': not executable')
        if longlist:
            sts = os.system('ls ' + longlist + ' ' + filename)
            if sts: msg('"ls -l" exit status: ' + `sts`)
    if not ident:
        msg(prog + ': not found')
        sts = 1

sys.exit(sts)