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Linux / Unix main page About whereis Locate a binary, source, and manual page files for a command. Syntax whereis [ -bmsu ] [ -BMS directory... -f ] filename ...
| -b | Search only for binaries. |
| -m | Search only for manual sections. |
| -s | Search only for sources. |
| -u | Search for unusual entries. A file is said to be unusual if it does not have one entry of each requested type. Thus `whereis -m -u *' asks for those files in the current directory which have no documentation. |
| -B | Change or otherwise limit the places where whereis searches for binaries. |
| -M | Change or otherwise limit the places where whereis searches for manual sections. |
| -S | Change or otherwise limit the places where whereis searches for sources. |
| -f | Terminate the last directory list and signals the start of file names, and must be used when any of the -B, -M, or -S options are used. |
Examples whereis -u -M /usr/man/man1 -S /usr/src -f * In the above example the whereis command would search for any manual for any file in the current directory. whereis perl Locate the directories for where Perl is stored. Related commands find
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