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NAME
       type - write a description of command type


SYNOPSIS
       type name...


DESCRIPTION
       The type utility shall indicate how each argument would be interpreted if used as a command name.


OPTIONS
       None.


OPERANDS
       The following operand shall be supported:

       name   A name to be interpreted.


STDIN
       Not used.


INPUT FILES
       None.


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The following environment variables shall affect the execution of type:

       LANG   Provide  a  default  value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the
              Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization  Variables  for
              the  precedence  of  internationalization  variables  used  to  determine  the  values  of  locale
              categories.)

       LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values  of  all  the  other  internationalization
              variables.

       LC_CTYPE
              Determine  the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for
              example, single-byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments).

       LC_MESSAGES
              Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic  messages
              written to standard error.

       NLSPATH
              Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES .

       PATH   Determine   the   location   of   name,   as   described   in   the  Base  Definitions  volume  of
              IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 8, Environment Variables.


ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
       Default.


STDOUT
       The standard output of type contains information  about  each  operand  in  an  unspecified  format.  The
       information  provided  typically identifies the operand as a shell built-in, function, alias, or keyword,
       and where applicable, may display the operand's pathname.


STDERR
       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.


OUTPUT FILES
       None.


EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
       None.


EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values shall be returned:

        0     Successful completion.

       >0     An error occurred.


CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
       Default.

       The following sections are informative.


APPLICATION USAGE
       Since type must be aware of the contents of the current shell execution environment (such as the lists of
       commands, functions, and built-ins processed by hash), it is always provided as a shell regular built-in.
       If it is called in a separate utility execution environment, such as one of the following:

              nohup type writer
              find . -type f | xargs type
       it might not produce accurate results.


EXAMPLES
       None.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       command , hash


       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition,
       Standard  for  Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
       Inc  and  The  Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard  is  the  referee  document.  The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .