Reference: hash
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:58:48Z

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| Chapter 4 The Bourne Shell and Korn Shell |

## hash

    hash [-r] [commands]

Bourne shell version. Search for `commands` and remember the directory in which each command resides. Before a new shell program has been hashed, it can be executed only from the directory in which it was created. Hashing a command allows it to be run from any directory. (Hashing a command adds it to a list of commands "known" to the shell.) Commands must also be hashed if you change your PATH variable. - removes commands from the hash list, either all of them or just the specified `commands`. With no arguments, hash lists the current hashed commands. The display shows `hits` (the number of times the command is called by the shell) and `cost` (the level of work needed to find the command).

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