TYPE(1) User Commands TYPE(1)

type - write a description of command type

type name...

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.

The following operand is supported:

name

A name to be interpreted.

See environ(7) 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.

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

>0

An error occurred.

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard

typeset(1), attributes(7), environ(7), standards(7)

February 1, 1995 OmniOS