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Asked: 2026-05-25T03:34:43+00:00

Please see output from my terminal session sharpair:~$ /usr/bin/ctags usage: ctags [-BFadtuwvx] [-f tagsfile]

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Please see output from my terminal session

sharpair:~$ /usr/bin/ctags
usage: ctags [-BFadtuwvx] [-f tagsfile] file ...
sharpair:~$ /usr/local/bin/ctags
ctags: No files specified. Try "ctags --help".
sharpair:~$ which ctags
/usr/local/bin/ctags
sharpair:~$ ctags
usage: ctags [-BFadtuwvx] [-f tagsfile] file ...
sharpair:~$

Notice when I run ctags without absolute path, the output is the same as if I ran /usr/bin/ctags. However which ctags finds /usr/local/bin/ctags which is the right version I would expect when I run ctags without absolute path.

I have no aliases defined. How do I troubleshoot this? Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    bash has cached the location of ctags.

    hash -d ctags

    See help hash for details.

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