type Command
Purpose
Writes a description of the command type.
Syntax
type CommandName ...
Description
The standard output of the type command contains information about the specified command and identifies whether this is a shell built-in command, subroutine, alias, or keyword. The type command indicates how the specified command would be interpreted if used. Where applicable, the type command displays the related path name.
Because the type command must know the contents of the current shell environment, it is provided as a Korn shell or POSIX shell regular built-in command. If the type command is called in a separate command execution environment, the command may not produce accurate results. This would be the case in the following examples:
nohup type writer
find . -type f | xargs type
Exit Status
The following exit values are returned:
Item | Description |
---|---|
0 | Successful completion. |
>0 | An error occurred. |
Examples
- To learn whether
the cd command is a base command or an alias or some other
command type, enter:
The screen displays the following information:type cd
cd is a shell builtin
- To see the location
of the find command, enter:
The screen displays the following information:type find
find is /usr/bin/find
Files
Item | Description |
---|---|
/usr/bin/ksh | Contains the Korn shell type built-in command. |