Name
enable
Synopsis
[
enable
options
] [built-in
...]
Enable (or when -n is specified, disable) built-in shell commands. Without built-in
argument or with -p option, print enabled built-ins. With -a, print the status of all built-ins. You can disable shell commands in order to define your own functions with the same names.
Options
-
-a
Display all built-ins, both enabled and disabled.
-
-d
Delete a built-in command that was previously loaded with -f.
-
-f
filename
On systems that support dynamic loading, load the new built-in command
built-in
from the shared objectfilename
.-
-n
Disable each specified
built-in
.-
-p
Display enabled built-ins.
-
-s
Restrict display to special built-ins defined by the POSIX standard.
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