<s>
In	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
type	O
is	O
a	O
command	B-Application
that	O
describes	O
how	O
its	O
arguments	O
would	O
be	O
interpreted	O
if	O
used	O
as	O
command	B-Application
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Where	O
applicable	O
,	O
type	O
will	O
display	O
the	O
command	B-Application
name	O
's	O
path	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Possible	O
command	B-Application
types	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
returns	O
a	O
non-zero	O
exit	B-Operating_System
status	I-Operating_System
if	O
command	B-Application
names	O
cannot	O
be	O
found	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
type	O
command	B-Application
was	O
a	O
shell	O
builtin	O
for	O
Bourne	B-Device
shell	I-Device
that	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
T	O
's	O
System	O
V	O
Release	O
2	O
(	O
SVR2	O
)	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
many	O
other	O
POSIX-compatible	O
shells	O
such	O
as	O
Bash	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
KornShell	B-Language
,	O
the	O
command	B-Application
whence	O
provides	O
similar	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
package	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
UnxUtils	B-Application
collection	O
of	O
native	B-Language
Win32	B-Library
ports	O
of	O
common	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
