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+#
+# whatis -- and implementation of the 10th Edition Unix sh builtin `whatis'
+#	    command.
+#
+# usage: whatis arg [...]
+#
+# For each argument, whatis prints the associated value as a parameter,
+# builtin, function, alias, or executable file as appropriate.  In each
+# case, the value is printed in a form which would yield the same value
+# if typed as input to the shell itself.
+#
+
+whatis()
+{
+	local wusage='usage: whatis arg [arg...]'
+	local fail=0
+
+	if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
+		echo "$wusage"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	for arg
+	do
+		case $(builtin type -type $arg 2>/dev/null) in
+		"alias")
+			builtin alias "$arg"
+			;;
+		"function")
+			builtin type "$arg" | sed 1d
+			;;
+		"builtin")
+			echo builtin "$arg"
+			;;
+		"file")
+			builtin type -path "$arg"
+			;;
+		*)
+			# OK, we could have a variable, or we could have nada
+			if [ "$(eval echo \${$arg+set})" = "set" ] ; then
+				# It is a variable, and it is set
+				echo -n "$arg="
+				eval echo '\"'\$$arg'\"'
+			else
+				echo whatis: $arg: not found
+				fail=1
+			fi
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+	return $fail
+}