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Under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes, the equivalent command is '''cat'''.  See also [[zcat]] and [[bzcat]] for use with compressed archives.
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The '''type''' builtin shell command under some [[shell]]s ([[sh]], [[bash]], and [[zsh]]), returns information about a single ''word''.  This command is ''not'' built into the [[C shell]], which is the default in FreeBSD (see [[which]] and [[where]]).
  
[[Category:Windows Equivalents]]
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==Examples==
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<pre>
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sh$ type type
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type is a shell builtin
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</pre>
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<pre>
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bash$ type -a lynx
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lynx is aliased to `lynx -use_mouse'
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lynx is /usr/local/bin/lynx
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</pre>
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==C shell equivalent==
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<pre>
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tcsh> where lynx
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lynx is aliased to lynx -use_mouse
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/usr/local/bin/lynx
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</pre>
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==Windows command==
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The DOS command, '''TYPE''', is comparable to the [[cat]] command in FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes.
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[[Category:System Commands]] [[Category:Linux Equivalents]] [[Category:Windows Equivalents]]

Latest revision as of 08:48, 22 May 2009

The type builtin shell command under some shells (sh, bash, and zsh), returns information about a single word. This command is not built into the C shell, which is the default in FreeBSD (see which and where).

[edit] Examples

 sh$ type type
type is a shell builtin

 bash$ type -a lynx
lynx is aliased to `lynx -use_mouse'
lynx is /usr/local/bin/lynx
 

[edit] C shell equivalent

 tcsh> where lynx
lynx is aliased to lynx -use_mouse
/usr/local/bin/lynx

[edit] Windows command

The DOS command, TYPE, is comparable to the cat command in FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes.

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