Manual page for type(1)
type - write a description of command type
SYNOPSIS
type name...
DESCRIPTION
The
type
utility indicates how each
name
operand would be interpreted
if used as a command.
type
displays information about
each operand identifying the operand as a shell built-in,
function, alias, hashed command, or keyword, and where applicable, may
display the operand's path name.
There is also a shell built-in version of
type
that is similar to the
type
utility.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
- name
-
A name to be interpreted.
ENVIRONMENT
See
environ.5
for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the
execution of
type:
LC_CTYPE,
LC_MESSAGES,
and
NLSPATH.
- PATH
-
Determine the location of
name.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
- 0
-
Successful completion.
- >0
-
An error occurred.
SEE ALSO
typeset.1
environ.5
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