I know this question is asked many times. But it is still unclear to me how we can do this. I can pass the output of one command to another but sometimes it won't work.
I usually enter this command to check where the package is located.
which <package_name>
Example
which chmod
OUTPUT:
/usr/bin/chmod
Now, I want to find the size of the file. So, I write this command.
which chmod | du -h
Or detail of file by using this command
which chmod | file
These commands do not work for me. Please someone tell me why this does not work and how can I actually pass output of one command to another command.
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
SOLUTION:
which chmod | xargs -I{} du -sh {}
which chmod | xargs -I{} file {}
xargs will catch the output and pass it to next command
