type - write a description of command type
[XSI] 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 IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, 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 IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, 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.
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 typeit might not produce accurate results.
None.
None.
None.
First released in Issue 2.