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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]]).
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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]]).
  
 
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Revision as of 12:33, 8 June 2006

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).

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
 

C shell equivalent

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

Windows command

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

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