type

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Display the type of command the shell will execute. Note: All examples are not POSIX compliant. See also: `whereis`, `which`.

Examples (4)

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