[SOLVED] `which export` not showing path of the executable

meallhour · 02-13-2021, 01:34 AM

When I run which export I get the following output:

Code:

[root@localhost abc]# which export
/usr/bin/which: no export in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/root/bin)

However, I am successfully able to run the following command

Code:

export PATH=$PATH:/tmp

My question why I am able to run the export command successfully even the export command is not defined in the PATH variable

mrmazda · 02-13-2021, 03:00 AM

Export is a command internal to the shell. See here.

MadeInGermany · 02-13-2021, 10:52 AM

export is a shell keyword.
Run

Code:

type export

What is type?

Code:

type type

And why does which not know about shell internals?

Code:

type which