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Created September 6, 2014 12:10
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check if command exists (linux, mac)
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command_exists.sh
function command_exists {
#this should be a very portable way of checking if something is on the path
#usage: "if command_exists foo; then echo it exists; fi"
type "$1" &> /dev/null
}
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