\section type type - indicate how a command would be interpreted

\subsection type-synopsis Synopsis
\fish{synopsis}
type [OPTIONS] NAME [NAME ...]
\endfish

\subsection type-description 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.

- `-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` returns the name of the disk file that would be executed, or nothing if `type  -t  name` would not return `file`.

- `-P` or `--force-path` returns the name of the disk file that would be executed, or nothing if no file with the specified name could be found in the <tt>$PATH</tt>.

- `-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.


\subsection type-example Example

\fish{cli-dark}
>_ type fg
<outp>fg is a builtin</outp>
\endfish
