On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com>wrote:
> [Please, don't top-post; see the list Guidelines] > > That's not really it. The builtins are built in either because they're > part of the Shell programming language or because they affect the > Shell's own environment, e.g. its current directory. If cd were a > separate program it would execute as a process, change its *own* > directory, then terminate, leaving the Shell exactly where it was. > > As to knowing that 'type' is a builtin, you could just ask it about > itself: > > type type > Thank you, guys. You are terrific. Thanks for so much help. Sorry that I didn't read the mailing list guidelines, sorry for the inconvenience I have caused. Shame on me! And, I won't top-post again.
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