What does “lp” stand for in execlp command

Question

I google it, which says it's line printer. I don't think it make any sense...

Answer 1

The l is for list and the p is for path. Check out all the other variants , eg execl, execlp, execle, execv, execvp.

Answer 2

at the prompt try: "man execlp"

See also: Linux Man Pages

Answer 3

Have you tried reading the man page for execlp(3)

The execl family of functions executes a file, passing a null-terminated * L *ist of string arguments. execlp() searches the users * P *ath, as the shell would.

Answer 4

I would try googling the entire command name:

Google Results

The first result provides a lot of information that might help:

Linux / Unix Command: execlp