type (Bash built-in)

https://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/typeh.html

type type
type is a shell builtin

Examples

type -a python3
python3 is /usr/bin/python3
python3 is /bin/python3

type -a unattended-upgrade
unattended-upgrade is /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
unattended-upgrade is /bin/unattended-upgrade
type -a unattended-upgrades
unattended-upgrades is /usr/bin/unattended-upgrades
unattended-upgrades is /bin/unattended-upgrades

type -p

type -Pp $command

Related terms

• which python3

See also

• which, whereis, type (Bash built-in), type -a python3, which python3, command, hash
• Bash [ -c ], alias, &&, Bash history, Autocompletion, set, unset, export, .bash_aliases, .bashrc and .bash profile, PS1, echo, brace expansion, Function, shopt, trap, set -e, source, PATH, complete, disown, .hushlogin, .bashrc, builtin, eval, set, $PATH, $HOME, TZ, .profile, -e, -i, Builtin (Bash), mapfile, ~, return (Bash), for, until, declare, dirname, basename, functions.sh, Bash arithmetic expansion, shift, bash --rcfile, readonly
• Linux, Linux Foundation, Linux Kernel, man, BusyBox, coreutils, ELF, taskset, shell, Linux distributions, X, Virtual console, whoami, .cer, -T, install, Link Time Optimization (LTO), --silent, NixOS, util-linux, execve, LinuxKit, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux