NAME
whereis
- locate programs
SYNOPSIS
whereis
[-p]
program
[program ...]
DESCRIPTION
The
whereis
utility checks the standard binary directories for the specified programs,
printing out the paths of any it finds.
The default path searched is the string returned by the
sysctl(8)
utility for the
``user.cs_path''
string.
If the
[-p]
option is specified, then the value of the environment
variable
PATH
is used instead.
EXIT STATUS
The
whereis
utility exits 0 on success, 1 on general error, 2 if only some
programs were located and 3 if none were.
SEE ALSO
whatis(1),
which(1),
sysctl(8)
COMPATIBILITY
The historic flags and arguments for the
whereis
utility are no longer available in this version.
HISTORY
The
whereis
command appeared in
3.0BSD.