syntax

$ type [OPTIONS] FILE_NAME

To find the type of ls command

$ type ls

To find the type of wc command

$ type wc

$ type type

To display more than one argument

$ type df free sleep head

To display the command is an alias, keyword or a function and path of an executable

$ type -a pwd

$ type -a ls

To print a single word describing the type of the command 

$ type -t ls

$ type -t pwd

$ type -t df

$ type -t du

$ type -t while

To display the name of the disk file which would be executed by the shell

$ type -p bash

To search the PATH for an executable file on the disk even if the command is not file

$ type -P pwd

To suppress shell function lookup

$ type -f while

$ type -f ls

$ type -f pwd

regards,

T.Dhanasekar