type: Linux Commands HowTo
type: Describe a commandu
Describe a command, for each name, indicate how it would be interpreted
if used as
a command name.
Syntax
type [-atp] [name ...]
Options
If the `-t? option is used, type prints a single word which is one of:
`alias? (shell alias)
`function? (shell function)
`builtin? (shell builtin)
`file? (disk file)
`keyword? (shell reserved word)
If the `-p? option is used, type either returns the name of the disk file that
would be executed, or nothing if `-t? would not return `file?.
If the `-a? option is used, type returns all of the places that contain an
executable named file. This includes aliases and functions, if and only if the
`-p? option is not also used.
The return status is zero if any of the names are found, non-zero otherwise.
`type? is a BASH builtin command.
"In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will
know the man" - Analects
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