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type

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 1 Feb 1995
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NAME

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 VARIABLES

See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of type: LANG, LC_ALL, 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.

 

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWcsu
Interface StabilityStandard

 

SEE ALSO

typeset(1), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPERANDS
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
EXIT STATUS
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO

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