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whereis — Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command. See also: `which`, `whatis`, `type`.

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Problem

How to use the whereis command: Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command. See also: which, whatis, type. More information: <https://manned.org/whereis>.

Solution

whereis — Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command. See also: which, whatis, type. More information: <https://manned.org/whereis>.

Locate binary, source, and man pages for SSH:

whereis {{ssh}}

Locate [b]inary and [m]an pages for ls:

whereis -bm {{ls}}

Locate [s]ource of gcc and [m]an pages for Git:

whereis -s {{gcc}} -m {{git}}

Locate [b]inaries for gcc in /usr/bin/ only:

whereis -b -B {{/usr/bin/}} -f {{gcc}}

Locate [u]nusual binaries (those that have more or less than one binary on the system):

whereis -u *

Locate binaries that have [u]nusual [m]anual entries (binaries that have more or less than one manual installed):

whereis -u -m *

Code Snippets

Locate binary, source, and man pages for SSH

whereis {{ssh}}

Locate [b]inary and [m]an pages for ls

whereis -bm {{ls}}

Locate [s]ource of gcc and [m]an pages for Git

whereis -s {{gcc}} -m {{git}}

Locate [b]inaries for gcc in `/usr/bin/` only

whereis -b -B {{/usr/bin/}} -f {{gcc}}

Locate [u]nusual binaries (those that have more or less than one binary on the system)

whereis -u *

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