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Name

type - write a description of command type

Synopsis

type name...

Availability

SUNWcsu

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:
  1. Successful completion.
    >0
    An error occurred.

    See Also

    typeset(1) , environ(5)

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