Re: bug? "type -P xxx" returns "xxx" that isn't executable...(or readable)

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thu 31 Jul 2014 23:40:18 Linda Walsh wrote:
> Chet Ramey wrote:
> > type -P echo
> > 
> > ls -l $(type -P echo)
> > 
> > 
> > If you already have `echo' in the command hash table, type -P will return
> > it, since that's what the shell will attempt to execute.
> 
> ---
>       It's not in the hash table, but type -P still
> returns the non-executable.

read what Chet said.  type -P reflects what the shell will attempt, not what 
is useful.  the fact that it's not usable is irrelevant.

if you want to see if it's executable, use `[ -x ... ]`.
-mike

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