mint@mint-VirtualBox:/$ ls -l $(which cp)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 153976 Sep 5 2019 /usr/bin/cp
mint@mint-VirtualBox:/$ which cp | ls -l
total 1043228
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 21 15:09 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 21 15:22 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 21 15:10 cdrom
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4100 Jan 22 20:33 dev
drwxr-xr-x 149 root root 12288 Jan 21 15:22 etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 21 15:11 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 21 15:09 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 21 15:09 lib32 -> usr/lib32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 21 15:09 lib64 -> usr/lib64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 21 15:09 libx32 -> usr/libx32
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jan 21 15:09 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 3 18:00 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 3 18:00 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 3 18:00 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 162 root root 0 Jan 22 20:33 proc
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jan 21 22:21 root
drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 960 Jan 22 20:38 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jan 21 15:09 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 3 18:00 srv
-rw------- 1 root root 1068185600 Jan 21 15:09 swapfile
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Jan 22 20:33 sys
drwxrwxrwt 15 root root 4096 Jan 22 20:38 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Jan 3 18:00 usr
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Jan 3 18:34 var
mint@mint-VirtualBox:/$
Why do this two commands produce a different result? Thought the pipeline operator connects the output of one command with the input of a second one and since the output of which cp
is the path of cp
it should work or shouldn't it?
Thx for your time in advance, greetings!