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type - locate a command and describe its type
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Synopsis
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.. synopsis::
type [OPTIONS] NAME [...]
Description
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.. only:: builder_man
NOTE: This page documents the fish builtin ``type``.
To see the documentation on any non-fish versions, use ``command man type``.
With no options, :command:`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**
Don't print function definitions when used with no options or with **-a**/**--all**.
**-f** or **--no-functions**
Suppresses function lookup.
**-t** or **--type**
Prints ``function``, ``builtin``, or ``file`` if *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 :envvar:`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 :envvar:`PATH` environment variable, or nothing otherwise. **--force-path** explicitly resolves only the path to executable files in :envvar:`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
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::
>_ type fg
fg is a builtin
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