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Preface

Introduction

User Commands

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amt(1)

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audioconvert(1)

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type

- write a description of command type

Synopsis

type name...

Description

The type utility indicates how each name operand would be interpreted if used as a command. type displays information about each operand identifying the operand as a shell built-in, function, alias, hashed command, or keyword, and where applicable, may display the operand's path name.

There is also a shell built-in version of type that is similar to the type utility.

Operands

The following operand is supported:

name

A name to be interpreted.

Environment Variables

See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of type: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

PATH

Determine the location of name.

Exit Status

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

>0

An error occurred.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability
SUNWcsu
Interface Stability
Standard

See Also

typeset(1), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)