Andreas Metzler writes ("Re: Bug#218530: 'type' and 'command -v' don't work on posh"): > It does not and is not broken. type is not required by posix but is a > XSI extension. > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/type.html > cu andreas It is however in SuS (I checked v2, but no doubt it will be in v3 too). Surely /bin/sh is required to be a SuS sh ? Ian.