> On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 06:14 +0500, gil...@altern.org wrote: >> Well, in my book, rm is a bash command. It might not be exclusive to >> the bash shell, but it definitely is a bash command. Otherwise, maybe >> you could tell us what a bash command is to you? > > You are wrong. 'rm' (meaning /bin/rm) is an executable program. Shell > commands are builtin procedures such as 'cd', 'eval', etc. Unix Shells > have worked this way since the beginning. > > In Bash, if you want to know if a command is builtin, use 'type': > > $ type rm > rm is /bin/rm > $ type cd > cd is a shell builtin
Interesting. Now that I have a shell builtin, I won't have to scroll through all the bash man page to find the list. They're under... SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS. > $ type type > type is a shell builtin > > poc > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
