BUILTIN(1)

NAME
builtin - run a builtin command

SYNOPSIS
builtin [OPTIONS] BUILTINNAME
builtin --query BUILTINNAME ...
builtin --names

DESCRIPTION

builtin forces the shell to use a builtin command named BUILTIN, rather than a function or external program.

The following options are available:

-n or --names
    Lists the names of all defined builtins.

-q or --query BUILTIN
    Tests if any of the specified builtins exist. If any exist, it returns 0, 1 otherwise.

-h or --help
    Displays help about using this command.

EXAMPLE

    builtin jobs
    # executes the jobs builtin, even if a function named jobs exists

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