Simone Piccardi <[email protected]> wrote:

> But in the keywords is listed type, that is an internal bash command 
> that concern command resolution, alias, functions and so on, and it 
> seems to me that is quite unrelated with FHS file locations and so on.

I would think it is there because for many people it is an alternative
to which(1), which is also listed. (“type” does have the advantage of
letting you find out that the command you enter isn't being executed as
an external command even if there is an external command of the same
name – consider test(1) or echo(1) vs. their internal equivalents.)

> It seems to me far more appropriate to put it in 103.1 or in 105.1.

There would be nothing wrong with putting it in 103.1, too. I wouldn't
put it into 105.1 instead of 104.7, because it is useful to know about
when you're on 104.7, and 105.1 is a different exam.

I introduce my students to the “type” command when I tell them about
internal vs. external commands in the shell, which is way before the
chapter on the FHS. When we get around to talking about the FHS they
already know all they need about finding out what happens if you type a
command, including how the shell finds executable programs, so I don't
even need to mention “type” when I talk about the FHS. That does not
take anything away from the fact that it is a useful command to know
about when considering the FHS, so mentioning it in the 104.7 objective
does make a certain amount of sense.

Remember that the LPIC-1 objectives do not imply an order for teaching
the material – they just explain what will be on the exam. Once you're
ready to take the LPI-101 exam, it doesn't really matter whether “type”
was mentioned in objective 103.1 or 104.7 or both because you'll have to
know about it either way. We can spend a week here bikeshedding this if
we have nothing better to do but I don't think it'll make a big
difference in the end.

Anselm
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