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type — Display the type of command the shell will execute. Note: All examples are not POSIX compliant. See

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Problem

How to use the type command: Display the type of command the shell will execute. Note: All examples are not POSIX compliant. See also: whereis, which. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-type>.

Solution

type — Display the type of command the shell will execute. Note: All examples are not POSIX compliant. See also: whereis, which. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-type>.

Display the type of a command:

type {{command}}

Display all locations containing the specified executable (works only in Bash/fish/Zsh shells):

type -a {{command}}

Display the name of the disk file that would be executed (works only in Bash/fish/Zsh shells):

type -p {{command}}

Display the type of a specific command, alias/keyword/function/builtin/file (works only in Bash/fish shells):

type -t {{command}}

Code Snippets

Display the type of a command

type {{command}}

Display all locations containing the specified executable (works only in Bash/fish/Zsh shells)

type -a {{command}}

Display the name of the disk file that would be executed (works only in Bash/fish/Zsh shells)

type -p {{command}}

Display the type of a specific command, alias/keyword/function/builtin/file (works only in Bash/fish shells)

type -t {{command}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/type

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