builtin - run a builtin command¶
Synopsis¶
builtin [OPTIONS] BUILTINNAME
builtin --query BUILTINNAME ...
builtin --names
Description¶
builtin forces the shell to use a builtin command named BUILTIN, rather than a function or external program.
The following options are available:
- -n or --names
- Lists the names of all defined builtins. 
- -q or --query BUILTIN
- Tests if any of the specified builtins exist. If any exist, it returns 0, 1 otherwise. 
- -h or --help
- Displays help about using this command. 
Example¶
builtin jobs
# executes the jobs builtin, even if a function named jobs exists
