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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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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.