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TYPE(1P) POSIX Programmer's Manual TYPE(1P)
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux
implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
type — write a description of command type
type name...
The type utility shall indicate how each argument would be
interpreted if used as a command name.
None.
The following operand shall be supported:
name A name to be interpreted.
Not used.
None.
The following environment variables shall affect the execution of
type:
LANG Provide a default value for the internationalization
variables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions
volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 8.2, Internationalization
Variables for the precedence of internationalization
variables used to determine the values of locale
categories.)
LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of
all the other internationalization variables.
LC_CTYPE Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of
bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte
as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments).
LC_MESSAGES
Determine the locale that should be used to affect the
format and contents of diagnostic messages written to
standard error.
NLSPATH Determine the location of message catalogs for the
processing of LC_MESSAGES.
PATH Determine the location of name, as described in the Base
Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 8, Environment
Variables.
Default.
The standard output of type contains information about each operand
in an unspecified format. The information provided typically
identifies the operand as a shell built-in, function, alias, or
keyword, and where applicable, may display the operand's pathname.
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
None.
None.
The following exit values shall be returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
Default.
The following sections are informative.
Since type must be aware of the contents of the current shell
execution environment (such as the lists of commands, functions, and
built-ins processed by hash), it is always provided as a shell
regular built-in. If it is called in a separate utility execution
environment, such as one of the following:
nohup type writer
find . −type f | xargs type
it might not produce accurate results.
None.
None.
None.
command(1p), hash(1p)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 8, Environment
Variables
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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