Writes a description of the command type.
type CommandName ...
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.
Since 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
The following exit values are returned:
0 | Successful completion. |
>0 | An error occurred. |
type cdThe screen displays the following information:
cd is a shell builtin
type findThe screen displays the following information:
find is /usr/bin/find
/usr/bin/ksh | Contains the Korn shell type built-in command. |
The bsh command, command command, the ksh command.