NAME

typeof - variable typing and dumping

SYNOPSIS

typeof [-b|--brief] NAME

DESCRIPTION

Type NAME as indexed array, associative array or variable. Dump indexed and associative arrays and variables along with their attributes. A NAME is first passed to type bash builtin that will return alias, keyword, function, builtin or file if NAME is one of these. If not, NAME is presumed to be a variable: indexed or associative is returned if it is an array, scalar oterwise.

OPTIONS

-b, --brief
only the type, as a single string, is returned. Returned types:

• scalar
• indexed (indexed array)
• associative (associative array)
• alias
• keyword
• function
• builtin
• file
  Without this option, output is more verbose.

OPERANDS

NAME Parameter NAME can be anything: variable's name, identifier, shell keyword,

STDOUT

Print results.
Help, usage, version (to STOUT only if explicitly requested).

STDERR

Error messages, help and usage.

RETURN STATUS

0 success 1 failure 2 NAME is not anything significant

EXAMPLES

$ typeof -b BASH_VERSINFO
indexed

$ typeof -b BASH_ALIASES
associative

$ typeof BASH_VERSINFO
    Name: BASH_VERSINFO
    Type: indexed array [6]		# [6] - number of elements
   Value:
     [0]: 4 [1]				# [1] - length of an element
     [1]: 3 [1]
     [2]: 42 [2]
     [3]: 4 [1]
     [4]: release [7]
     [5]: x86_64 [6]
    Attr: -r (readonly)

$ typeof BASH_ALIASES
   Name: BASH_ALIASES
   Type: associative array [4]
  Value:
     [la]: ls -la    [6]
   [cd..]: cd ..     [5]
  [unset]:           [0]	# null value
     [sv]: sudo vim  [8]
   
$ typeof UID
   Name: UID
   Type: variable
  Value: 101  		[3]
   Attr: 
       -i (integer)
       -r (readonly)

SEE ALSO

barf - bash array-related functions.

ID TAG

   FILE: typeof
   TYPE: bash function
    WEB: https://github.com/mandober/typeof
 AUTHOR: Ilic Ivan <ilicivan@zoho.com>
LICENSE: MIT
   DATE: 09-Sep-2017 (last revision)