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diff --git a/builtins/command.def b/builtins/command.def index dbc1e9a..77f9126 100644 --- a/builtins/command.def +++ b/builtins/command.def @@ -1,35 +1,42 @@ This file is command.def, from which is created command.c. It implements the builtin "command" in Bash. -Copyright (C) 1987-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1987-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Bash, the Bourne Again SHell. -Bash is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under -the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free -Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later -version. +Bash is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. -Bash is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY -WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or -FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License -for more details. +Bash is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along -with Bash; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software -Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA. +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with Bash. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. $PRODUCES command.c $BUILTIN command $FUNCTION command_builtin $SHORT_DOC command [-pVv] command [arg ...] -Runs COMMAND with ARGS ignoring shell functions. If you have a shell -function called `ls', and you wish to call the command `ls', you can -say "command ls". If the -p option is given, a default value is used -for PATH that is guaranteed to find all of the standard utilities. If -the -V or -v option is given, a string is printed describing COMMAND. -The -V option produces a more verbose description. +Execute a simple command or display information about commands. + +Runs COMMAND with ARGS suppressing shell function lookup, or display +information about the specified COMMANDs. Can be used to invoke commands +on disk when a function with the same name exists. + +Options: + -p use a default value for PATH that is guaranteed to find all of + the standard utilities + -v print a description of COMMAND similar to the `type' builtin + -V print a more verbose description of each COMMAND + +Exit Status: +Returns exit status of COMMAND, or failure if COMMAND is not found. $END #include <config.h> |