[type command] locate a command and describe its type #fish

type.md

type [OPTIONS] NAME

Option

-a or --all: prints exe, function (with definition expansion), and built-in.

-s or --short: suppresses function definition expansion.

-f or --no-function: suppresses function and built-in lookup.

-t or --type: prints the type currently working of command:

• function
• builtin
• file

If NAME is a shell function, a builtin, or a disk file, respectively

-p or --path: prints the path to the currently working command with its coresponding type

• The path to NAME if NAME is resolves to an executable file in PATH. E.g. /c/Python311/python
• The path to the script containing the definition of function NAME if NAME resolves to a function loaded from a disk file. E.g. /c/Users/hacki/.dotfiles/fish/functions/python.fish
• Nothing otherwise.

-P or --force-path: returns ONLY:

• The path to the exe file (presumes that the exe is found inside PATH)
• Nothing otherwise.

It omitted function and builtin even though they still exists.

-q or --query: suppresses all output, VERY USEFUL when checking the exit status of a command to determine whether it's a command or not?