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title: "Programming: Common Server Script/Binary Locations"
description: "**which** is a Unix command used to identify the location of executables. The command takes one or more arguments; for each of these arguments, it prints the full path of the executable to stdout that would have been executed if…"
url: "https://kb.tarweig.com/en/docs/programming-common-server-scriptbinary-locations/"
updated: "2026-10-10"
category: Getting Started
---

# Programming: Common Server Script/Binary Locations

**which** is a Unix command used to identify the location of executables. The command takes one or more arguments; for each of these arguments, it prints the full path of the executable to stdout that would have been executed if this argument had been entered into the shell.

**which** helps to locate a command, it prints the absolute command path as below:

```
which php
/usr/bin/php
```

Below we will provide with a list of the most common server script/binary locations:

- ##### PHP

```
/usr/bin/php
```

- ##### MySQL

```
/usr/bin/mysql
```

- ##### CURL

```
/usr/bin/curl
```

- ##### WGET

```
/usr/bin/wget
```

- ##### Bash Script

```
/usr/bin/bash
```

- ##### PERL

```
/usr/bin/perl
```

- ##### PYTHON

```
/usr/bin/python
```