diff --git a/extra/tools/which/authors.txt b/extra/tools/which/authors.txt
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+John Benediktsson
diff --git a/extra/tools/which/which.factor b/extra/tools/which/which.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2012 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+
+USING: arrays assocs combinators combinators.short-circuit
+environment io.backend io.files io.files.info io.pathnames
+kernel sequences sets splitting system unicode.case ;
+
+IN: tools.which
+
+<PRIVATE
+
+: default-path ( -- path )
+    os {
+        { windows [ ".;C:\\bin" ] }
+        { macosx [ ":" ] }
+        { linux [ ":/bin:/usr/bin" ] }
+    } case ;
+
+: current-path ( -- path )
+    "PATH" os-env [ default-path ] unless* ;
+
+: split-path ( path -- seq )
+    os windows? ";" ":" ? split harvest ;
+
+: executable? ( path -- ? )
+    {
+        [ exists? ]
+        [ file-executable? ]
+        [ file-info directory? not ]
+    } 1&& ;
+
+: path-extensions ( command -- commands )
+    "PATHEXT" os-env [
+        split-path 2dup [ [ >lower ] bi@ tail? ] with any?
+        [ drop 1array ] [ [ append ] with map ] if
+    ] [ 1array ] if* ;
+
+: ((which)) ( commands paths -- file/f )
+    [ normalize-path ] map members
+    cartesian-product flip concat
+    [ prepend-path ] { } assoc>map
+    [ executable? ] find nip ;
+
+: (which) ( command paths -- file/f )
+    split-path os windows? [
+        [ path-extensions ] [ "." prefix ] bi*
+    ] [ [ 1array ] dip ] if ((which)) ;
+
+PRIVATE>
+
+: which ( command -- file/f )
+    current-path (which) ;