Hendrik:
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> What is the type command?
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Type is a shell builtin.

$ man dash | fgrep -A5 'type ['
     type [name ...]
            Interpret each name as a command and print the resolution of the
            command search.  Possible resolutions are: shell keyword, alias,
            shell builtin, command, tracked alias and not found.  For aliases
            the alias expansion is printed; for commands and tracked aliases
            the complete pathname of the command is printed.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar