Type

type is a command to show the type of a file.

Note

Dos has a command type to show the content of a file. For the Linux equivalent, have a look at cat.

Note

If you want to find out the type of a file based on its content, have a look at the file command.

Example

tweedleburg:~ # echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
tweedleburg:~ # type ls
ls is aliased to `ls $LS_OPTIONS'
tweedleburg:~ # type cp
cp is /bin/cp
tweedleburg:~ # type wait
wait is a shell builtin