type - locate a command and describe its type¶
Synopsis¶
type [OPTIONS] NAME [...]
Description¶
With no options, type indicates how each NAME would be interpreted if used as a command name.
The following options are available:
- -a or --all
- Prints all of possible definitions of the specified names. 
- -s or --short
- Suppresses function expansion when used with no options or with -a/--all. 
- -f or --no-functions
- Suppresses function and builtin lookup. 
- -t or --type
- Prints - function,- builtin, or- fileif NAME is a shell function, builtin, or disk file, respectively.
- -p or --path
- Prints the path to NAME if NAME resolves to an executable file in - PATH, the path to the script containing the definition of the function NAME if NAME resolves to a function loaded from a file on disk (i.e. not interactively defined at the prompt), or nothing otherwise.
- -P or --force-path
- Returns the path to the executable file NAME, presuming NAME is found in the - PATHenvironment variable, or nothing otherwise. --force-path explicitly resolves only the path to executable files in- PATH, regardless of whether NAME is shadowed by a function or builtin with the same name.
- -q or --query
- Suppresses all output; this is useful when testing the exit status. For compatibility with old fish versions this is also --quiet. 
- -h or --help
- Displays help about using this command. 
The -q, -p, -t and -P flags (and their long flag aliases) are mutually exclusive. Only one can be specified at a time.
type returns 0 if at least one entry was found, 1 otherwise, and 2 for invalid options or option combinations.
Example¶
>_ type fg
fg is a builtin
