From 31289a98f1dfa760226ae77a064a18d2bd015057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Araps <dylan.araps@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:10:23 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Added another entry

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 README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 172fc92..db7aceb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ scripts and not full blown utilities.
     * [Get the current working directory.](#get-the-current-working-directory)
     * [Get the number of seconds the script has been running.](#get-the-number-of-seconds-the-script-has-been-running)
 * [Other](#other)
+    * [Check if a program is in the user's PATH.](#check-if-a-program-is-in-the-users-path)
     * [Get the current date using `strftime`.](#get-the-current-date-using-strftime)
     * [Bypass shell aliases.](#bypass-shell-aliases)
     * [Bypass shell functions.](#bypass-shell-functions)
@@ -1113,6 +1114,29 @@ This is an alternative to the `pwd` built-in.
 
 # Other
 
+## Check if a program is in the user's PATH.
+
+```shell
+# Bare.
+type -p executable_name &>/dev/null
+
+# As a test.
+if type -p executable_name &>/dev/null; then
+    # Program is in PATH.
+fi
+
+# Inverse.
+if ! type -p executable_name &>/dev/null; then
+    # Program is not in PATH.
+fi
+
+# Example (Exit early if program isn't installed).
+if ! type -p convert &>/dev/null; then
+    printf '%s\n' "error: convert isn't installed, exiting..."
+    exit 1
+fi
+```
+
 ## Get the current date using `strftime`.
 
 Bash’s `printf` has a built-in method of getting the date which we can use