type - is used to display information about the command type
syntax
$ type [OPTIONS] FILE_NAME
To find the type of ls command
$ type ls
To find the type of wc command
$ type wc
$ type type
To display more than one argument
$ type df free sleep head
To display the command is an alias, keyword or a function and path of an
executable
$ type -a pwd
$ type -a ls
To print a single word describing the type of the command
$ type -t ls
$ type -t pwd
$ type -t df
$ type -t du
$ type -t while
To display the name of the disk file which would be executed by the shell
$ type -p bash
To search the PATH for an executable file on the disk even if the command
is not file
$ type -P pwd
To suppress shell function lookup
$ type -f while
$ type -f ls
$ type -f pwd
regards,
T.Dhanasekar