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authorGravatar axel <axel@liljencrantz.se>2006-06-04 09:15:17 +1000
committerGravatar axel <axel@liljencrantz.se>2006-06-04 09:15:17 +1000
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Many minor edits and clarifications to the documentation, including comments about the exit status of a few commands
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@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ With no options, indicate how each name would be interpreted if used as a comman
- \c -p or \c --path either return the name of the disk file that would be executed if name were specified as a command name, or nothing if 'type -t name' would not return 'file'
- \c -P or \c --force-path either return the name of the disk file that would be executed if name were specified as a command name, or nothing no file with the specified name could be found in the PATH
+\c type returns a zero exit status if the specified command was found,
+otherwise the exit status is one.
+
\subsection type-example Example
<tt>type fg</tt> outputs the string 'fg is a shell builtin'.