opensolaris man page for type

type(1) 							   User Commands							   type(1)

NAME
       type - write a description of command type

SYNOPSIS
       type name...

DESCRIPTION
       The  type  utility  indicates how each name operand would be interpreted if used as a command. type displays information about each operand
       identifying the operand as a shell built-in, function, alias, hashed command, or keyword, and where applicable, may display  the  operand's
       path name.

       There is also a shell built-in version of type that is similar to the type utility.

OPERANDS
       The following operand is supported:

       name	A name to be interpreted.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See  environ(5)	for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of type: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES-
       SAGES, and NLSPATH.

       PATH	Determine the location of name.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0      Successful completion.

       >0     An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       typeset(1), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    1 Feb 1995								   type(1)