获取有关Linux shell内置命令的帮助

liujianhua

2019-07-29

Linux 内置命令属于用户 shell 的一部分，本文将告诉你如何识别它们并获取使用它们的帮助。

Linux 内置命令是内置于 shell 中的命令，很像内置于墙中的书架。与标准 Linux 命令存储在 /usr/bin 中的方式不同，你不会找到它们的独立文件，你可能使用过相当多的内置命令，但你不会感觉到它们与 ls 和 pwd 等命令有何不同。

内置命令与其他 Linux 命令一样使用，它们可能要比不属于 shell 的类似命令运行得快一些。Bash 内置命令包括 alias、export 和 bg 等。

正如你担心的那样，因为内置命令是特定于 shell 的，所以它们不会提供手册页。使用 man 来查看 bg，你会看到这样的东西：

$ man bg
No manual entry for bg

判断内置命令的另一个提示是当你使用 which 命令来识别命令的来源时，Bash 不会响应，表示没有与内置命令关联的文件：

$ which bg
$

另一方面，如果你的 shell 是 /bin/zsh，你可能会得到一个更有启发性的响应：

% which bg
bg: shell built-in command

bash 提供了额外的帮助信息，但它是通过使用 help 命令实现的：

$ help bg
bg: bg [job_spec ...]
 Move jobs to the background.
 Place the jobs identified by each JOB_SPEC in the background, as if they
had been started with `&'. If JOB_SPEC is not present, the shell's notion
 of the current job is used.
 Exit Status:
 Returns success unless job control is not enabled or an error occurs.

如果你想要查看 bash 提供的所有内置命令的列表，使用 compgen -b 命令。通过管道将命令输出到列中，以获得较好格式的清单。

$ compgen -b | column
. compgen exit let return typeset
: complete export local set ulimit
[ compopt false logout shift umask
alias continue fc mapfile shopt unalias
bg declare fg popd source unset
bind dirs getopts printf suspend wait
break disown hash pushd test
builtin echo help pwd times
caller enable history read trap
cd eval jobs readarray true
command exec kill readonly type

如果你使用 help 命令，你将看到一个内置命令列表以及简短描述。但是，这个列表被截断了（以 help 命令结尾）：

$ help
GNU bash, version 5.0.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
These shell commands are defined internally. Type `help' to see this list.
Type `help name' to find out more about the function `name'.
Use `info bash' to find out more about the shell in general.
Use `man -k' or `info' to find out more about commands not in this list.
A star (*) next to a name means that the command is disabled.
job_spec [&] history [-c] [-d offset] [n] or histo>
(( expression )) if COMMANDS; then COMMANDS; [ elif CO>
. filename [arguments] jobs [-lnprs] [jobspec ...] or jobs ->
 : kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigsp>
 [ arg... ] let arg [arg ...]
 [[ expression ]] local [option] name[=value] ...
alias [-p] [name[=value] ... ] logout [n]
 bg [job_spec ...] mapfile [-d delim] [-n count] [-O ori>
bind [-lpsvPSVX] [-m keymap] [-f filen> popd [-n] [+N | -N]
break [n] printf [-v var] format [arguments]
builtin [shell-builtin [arg ...]] pushd [-n] [+N | -N | dir]
 caller [expr] pwd [-LP]
case WORD in [PATTERN [| PATTERN]...) > read [-ers] [-a array] [-d delim] [-i>
cd [-L|[-P [-e]] [-@]] [dir] readarray [-d delim] [-n count] [-O o>
command [-pVv] command [arg ...] readonly [-aAf] [name[=value] ...] or>
 compgen [-abcdefgjksuv] [-o option] [-> return [n]
complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-DEI] > select NAME [in WORDS ... ;] do COMMA>
compopt [-o|+o option] [-DEI] [name ..> set [-abefhkmnptuvxBCHP] [-o option-n>
 continue [n] shift [n]
coproc [NAME] command [redirections] shopt [-pqsu] [-o] [optname ...]
declare [-aAfFgilnrtux] [-p] [name[=va> source filename [arguments]
 dirs [-clpv] [+N] [-N] suspend [-f]
disown [-h] [-ar] [jobspec ... | pid . &lt;p&gt'> test [expr]
 echo [-neE] [arg ...] time [-p] pipeline
 enable [-a] [-dnps] [-f filename] [nam> times
 eval [arg ...] trap [-lp] [[arg] signal_spec ...]
 exec [-cl] [-a name] [command [argumen> true
 exit [n] type [-afptP] name [name ...]
 export [-fn] [name[=value] ...] or exp> typeset [-aAfFgilnrtux] [-p] name[=va>
 false ulimit [-SHabcdefiklmnpqrstuvxPT] [li>
 fc [-e ename] [-lnr] [first] [last] or> umask [-p] [-S] [mode]
 fg [job_spec] unalias [-a] name [name ...]
 for NAME [in WORDS ... ] ; do COMMANDS> unset [-f] [-v] [-n] [name ...]
 for (( exp1; exp2; exp3 )); do COMMAND> until COMMANDS; do COMMANDS; done
 function name { COMMANDS ; } or name (> variables - Names and meanings of som>
 getopts optstring name [arg] wait [-fn] [id ...]
 hash [-lr] [-p pathname] [-dt] [name .> while COMMANDS; do COMMANDS; done
 help [-dms] [pattern ...] { COMMANDS ; }

从上面的清单中可以看出，help 命令本身就是内置的。

你可以通过向 help 命令提供你感兴趣的内置命令名称来获取关于它们的更多信息，例如 help dirs：

$ help dirs
dirs: dirs [-clpv] [+N] [-N]
 Display directory stack.
 Display the list of currently remembered directories. Directories
find their way onto the list with the `pushd' command; you can get
back up through the list with the `popd' command.
 Options:
 -c clear the directory stack by deleting all of the elements
 -l do not print tilde-prefixed versions of directories relative
 to your home directory
 -p print the directory stack with one entry per line
 -v print the directory stack with one entry per line prefixed
 with its position in the stack
 Arguments:
 +N Displays the Nth entry counting from the left of the list
 shown by dirs when invoked without options, starting with
 zero.
 -N Displays the Nth entry counting from the right of the list
 shown by dirs when invoked without options, starting with
 zero.
 Exit Status:
 Returns success unless an invalid option is supplied or an error occurs.

内置命令提供了每个 shell 的大部分功能。你使用的任何 shell 都有一些内置命令，但是如何获取这些内置命令的信息可能因 shell 而异。例如，对于 zsh，你可以使用 man zshbuiltins 命令获得其内置命令的描述。

$ man zshbuiltins
ZSHBUILTINS(1) General Commands Manual ZSHBUILTINS(1)
NAME
 zshbuiltins - zsh built-in commands
SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS
 Some shell builtin commands take options as described in individual en\
tries; these are often referred to in the list below as `flags' to avoid
 confusion with shell options, which may also have an effect on the behav\
iour of builtin commands. In this introductory section, `option' always
 has the meaning of an option to a command that should be familiar to most
 command line users.
…

在这个冗长的手册页中，你将找到一个内置命令列表，其中包含有用的描述，如下摘录中所示：

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