(zsh.info)Command Execution


Command Execution
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If a command name contains no slashes, the shell attempts to locate it.
If there exists a shell function by that name, the function is invoked
as described in Note: Functions.  If there exists a shell builtin by
that name, the builtin is invoked.

Otherwise, the shell searches each element of $path for a directory
containing an executable file by that name.  If the search is
unsuccessful, the shell prints an error message and returns a nonzero
exit status.

If execution fails because the file is not in executable format, and
the file is not a directory, it is assumed to be a shell script.
/bin/sh is spawned to execute it.  If the program is a file beginning
with `#!', the remainder of the first line specifies an interpreter for
the program.  The shell will execute the specified interpreter on
operating systems that do not handle this executable format in the
kernel.


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