whereis
Sign in to savewhereis is a command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to locate some special files of a command like the binary file, source and manual page files. The whereis utility was first included with 2BSD, dating back to 1979.
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It is catalogued under the topic Unix user management and support-related utilities.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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whereis is a command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to locate some special files of a command like the binary file, source and manual page files. The whereis utility was first included with 2BSD, dating back to 1979.
== Syntax == The whereis man page provides the following sample usage:
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