WHEREIS

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NAME

whereis - locate programs  

SYNOPSIS

[program ... ]  

DESCRIPTION

The utility checks the standard binary directories for the specified programs, printing out the paths of any it finds.

The path searched is the string returned by the sysctl(8) utility for the ``user.cs_path'' string.  

SEE ALSO

sysctl(8)  

COMPATIBILITY

The historic flags and arguments for the utility are no longer available in this version.  

HISTORY

The command appeared in BSD 3.0


 

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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
COMPATIBILITY
HISTORY

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