>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Davidsen)
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Davidsen)
>>
>> >"Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >> /usr/bin/which is an ELF executable on Red Hat Linux, but I agree
>> >> that it definitely is not an application that can be expected to
>> >> be portable.
>>
>> > One of the reasons bash added 'type' as a builtin.
>>
>> "Type" is a shell builtin at least since 1982.
> I didn't know bash had been around that long, but why is the date
>relevant to the choice to include the feature when designing bash?
This is funny.... you write a statement that is close to 'bash invented
"type"' and don"t understand when I tell you that type is a stone age
command.
J�rg
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