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License: GNU GPLv3 +
Version number: GNU Bash 5
Developer / owner: Free Software Foundation Inc.
Short description:
The builtin Bash command manual page and help. The command executes the Bash built-in command specified in its parameter. If there is an external command with the same name, builtin will still run only the builtin. So by using this command, you can be sure that you are only running built-in commands.
Man page output
man bash[...]
builtin shell-builtin [arguments]
Execute the specified shell builtin, passing it arguments, and return its exit sta-
tus. This is useful when defining a function whose name is the same as a shell
builtin, retaining the functionality of the builtin within the function. The cd
builtin is commonly redefined this way. The return status is false if
shell-builtin is not a shell builtin command.
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Help output
builtin --helpbuiltin: builtin [shell-builtin [arg ...]]
Execute shell builtins.
Execute SHELL-BUILTIN with arguments ARGs without performing command
lookup. This is useful when you wish to reimplement a shell builtin
as a shell function, but need to execute the builtin within the function.
Exit Status:
Returns the exit status of SHELL-BUILTIN, or false if SHELL-BUILTIN is
not a shell builtin.
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