/usr/bin/pecl is in php-pear 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.
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| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | #!/bin/sh
# first find which PHP binary to use
if test "x$PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN" != "x"; then
  PHP="$PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN"
else
  if test "/usr/bin/php" = '@'php_bin'@'; then
    PHP=php
  else
    PHP="/usr/bin/php"
  fi
fi
# then look for the right pear include dir
if test "x$PHP_PEAR_INSTALL_DIR" != "x"; then
  INCDIR=$PHP_PEAR_INSTALL_DIR
  INCARG="-d include_path=$PHP_PEAR_INSTALL_DIR"
else
  if test "/usr/share/php" = '@'php_dir'@'; then
    INCDIR=`dirname $0`
    INCARG=""
  else
    INCDIR="/usr/share/php"
    INCARG="-d include_path=/usr/share/php"
  fi
fi
exec $PHP -C -n -q $INCARG -d date.timezone=UTC -d output_buffering=1 -d variables_order=EGPCS -d safe_mode=0 -d register_argc_argv="On" $INCDIR/peclcmd.php "$@"
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