whence <names...>

For each name, indicate how it should be interpreted

Arguments

Name	Description
`names`

Name	Description
`-v`	Produce verbose output
`-c`	Print results in a csh-like format
`-w`	For each name, print 'name: word', where 'word' is the kind of command
`-f`	Display contents of shell functions
`-p`	Do a path search for the name, even if it's an alias/function/builtin
`-a`	Don't stop at the first match on the path
`-m`	The arguments are taken as patterns (pattern characters must be quoted)
`-s`	If the pathname contains symlinks, print the symlink-free name as well
`-S`	Print intermediate symlinks and the resolved name
`-x <num>`	Expand tabs when outputting shell function