type - Tell how the shell interprets a name
Format
type name ...
Description
type identifies the nature of one or more names. Names can be shell reserved words, aliases, shell functions, built-in commands, or executable files. For executable files, the full path name is given.
Usage notes
type is a built-in shell command.
Localization
type uses the following localization environment variables:
- LANG
- LC_ALL
- LC_MESSAGES
- NLSPATH
Exit values
0
- Successful completion.
2
- Failure because of an incorrect command-line argument.
Messages
- name is not found
- type could not locate the specified name. Check that the name was specified properly and that you have the appropriate permissions.
Portability
POSIX.2, X/Open Portability Guide, UNIX systems.
Related information
alias, command, sh, whence