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zsh function to display the install path for a given brew package
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brew-active-path.zsh
function brew-active-path() {
brew info "$1" | perl -naE 'm/[*]$/ and say($F[0])'
}
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atomicstack commented Mar 27, 2022 •
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$ uname -m
x86_64

$ brew-active-path nvim  
/usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.6.1

$ brew-active-path tmux  
/usr/local/Cellar/tmux/HEAD-d26a4ea_1

$ uname -m
arm64

$ brew info nvim | perl -naE 'm/[*]$/ and say($F[0])'
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/neovim/0.6.1

$ brew info tmux | perl -naE 'm/[*]$/ and say($F[0])'
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/tmux/HEAD-d26a4ea_1

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