virtualEnvironment/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py
def find_command(cmd, paths=None, pathext=None):
    """Searches the PATH for the given command and returns its path"""
    if paths is None:
        paths = os.environ.get('PATH', '').split(os.pathsep)
    if isinstance(paths, six.string_types):
        paths = [paths]
    # check if there are funny path extensions for executables, e.g. Windows
    if pathext is None:
        pathext = get_pathext()
    pathext = [ext for ext in pathext.lower().split(os.pathsep) if len(ext)]
    # don't use extensions if the command ends with one of them
    if os.path.splitext(cmd)[1].lower() in pathext:
        pathext = ['']
    # check if we find the command on PATH
    for path in paths:
        # try without extension first
        cmd_path = os.path.join(path, cmd)
        for ext in pathext:
            # then including the extension
            cmd_path_ext = cmd_path + ext
            if os.path.isfile(cmd_path_ext):
                return cmd_path_ext
        if os.path.isfile(cmd_path):
            return cmd_path
    raise BadCommand('Cannot find command %r' % cmd)
def find_command(cmd, paths=None, pathext=None):
    """Searches the PATH for the given command and returns its path"""
    if paths is None:
        paths = os.environ.get('PATH', '').split(os.pathsep)
    if isinstance(paths, six.string_types):
        paths = [paths]
    # check if there are funny path extensions for executables, e.g. Windows
    if pathext is None:
        pathext = get_pathext()
    pathext = [ext for ext in pathext.lower().split(os.pathsep) if len(ext)]
    # don't use extensions if the command ends with one of them
    if os.path.splitext(cmd)[1].lower() in pathext:
        pathext = ['']
    # check if we find the command on PATH
    for path in paths:
        # try without extension first
        cmd_path = os.path.join(path, cmd)
        for ext in pathext:
            # then including the extension
            cmd_path_ext = cmd_path + ext
            if os.path.isfile(cmd_path_ext):
                return cmd_path_ext
        if os.path.isfile(cmd_path):
            return cmd_path
    raise BadCommand('Cannot find command %r' % cmd)
Searches the PATH for the given command and returns its path