On Fri, 2025-09-05 at 14:51 -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
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> > Yes, but looks like it's a separate binary, not a command:
> >
> > $ strace command -v ls 2>&1 | grep command
> > execve("/usr/bin/command", ["command", "-v", "ls"], 0x7ffffeaef7b0 /* 65 vars */) = 0
> >
> > (Not that it changes much).
>
> You nerd sniped me here :) You get that execve("/usr/bin/command")
> because strace forces the command to be resolved as binary. If you run
> something like execsnoop in background and execute `command -v blah`
> you won't see this execve. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Interesting, so I should have done this:
$ strace bash -c 'command -v ls' 2>&1 | grep command
So, it's like 'time' vs '/usr/bin/time' :)
