On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 01:44:49PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > Hey guys. When I do a type -p ls, nothing is output. which ls returns > /bin/ls, but does the failure of the type -p signify that it's a shell > built-in? If so, how does that work wrt installing a new version of ls? There > are some tools built into bash, are there not?
Maybe you have ls aliased: $ type -p ls /bin/ls $ alias ls='/bin/ls -l' $ type ls ls is aliased to /bin/ls -l' $ type -p type $ type -a ls ls is aliased to /bin/ls -l' ls is /bin/ls Mirek
