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<tt>type</tt> prints a string which is one of "alias", "keyword", "function", "builtin", or "file" if the argument is an alias, shell reserved word, function, builtin, or disk file, respectively.  If the name is not found, then nothing is printed, and an exit status of false  is  returned.
<tt>type</tt> prints a string which is one of "alias", "keyword", "function", "[[Bash_Concepts#Builtin|builtin]]", or "file" if the argument is an alias, shell reserved word, function, builtin, or disk file, respectively.  If the name is not found, then nothing is printed, and an exit status of false  is  returned.

Revision as of 19:16, 3 October 2019

Internal

Overview

type function_name

returns the source of that particular function.

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Function Info

Options

-t

type prints a string which is one of "alias", "keyword", "function", "builtin", or "file" if the argument is an alias, shell reserved word, function, builtin, or disk file, respectively. If the name is not found, then nothing is printed, and an exit status of false is returned.