On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 01:41:30 -0500 Steven Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 07 August 2003 21:50, Collins Richey wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 21:13:05 -0500 > > > > Steven Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thursday 07 August 2003 17:02, Dr. Robert M. Fuhrer wrote: > > > > At 03:55 PM 8/7/2003 -0600, Collins Richey wrote: > > > > >On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:19:12 -0400 > > > > > > > > > >"Dr. Robert M. Fuhrer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > What about "typeset -f"? > > > > > > > > > >No man entry for this. What does 'typeset' do. > > > > > > > > Sorry; it's a bash built-in. It displays the definitions of > > > > all the user-defined functions bash currently knows about. > > > > > > BASH has a built-in help function. > > > > Thanks. True enough, but how ya gonna know it's a bash function if > > ya never saw if before? > > Use the built-in function type. Or, use help and look through the > list but this is less efficient. > > ~ $> type typeset > typeset is a shell builtin > > ~ $> type -a ls > ls is aliased to `ls $LS_OPTIONS' > ls is /bin/ls > ls is /usr/bin/ls > > > Here is a nice trick. Want to know which package the executables tic, > tack and toe belong to? Just do the following (those a backtick not > single quotes): > > ~ $> epm -qf `type -p tic` > ncurses-5.3-r1 > > ~ $> epm -qf `type -p tac` > textutils-2.1 > > ~ $> epm -qf `type -p toe` > ncurses-5.3-r1 > Coolness. Lots of stuff in the shell I'm not aware of. I seldom get past updating X init scripts or the occasional find ... do ... done loops. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
