type(1) User Commands type(1)NAMEtype - write a description of command typeSYNOPSIStype name...
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 VARIABLES
See environ(5) 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.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWcsu │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Standard │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOtypeset(1), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 1 Feb 1995 type(1)
