# type - indicate how a command would be interpreted

## Synopsis

    type [OPTIONS] NAME [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 `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 $PATH, the path to the script containing the definition of the function `NAME` if `NAME` resolves to a function loaded from a file on disk (i.e. not interactively defined at the prompt), or nothing otherwise.
- `-P` or `--force-path` returns the path to the executable file `NAME`, presuming `NAME` is found in `$PATH`, 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 `--quiet` suppresses all output; this is useful when testing the exit status.

The `-q`, `-p`, `-t` and `-P` flags (and their long flag aliases) are mutually exclusive. Only one can be specified at a time.

## Example

    >_ type fg
    fg is a builtin