WHEREIS(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual WHEREIS(1) NAME whereis - locate programs SYNOPSIS whereis program ... DESCRIPTION The _w_h_e_r_e_i_s 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 _s_y_s_c_t_l(8) utility for the ``user.cs_path'' string. SEE ALSO _s_y_s_c_t_l(8), COMPATIBILITY The historic flags and arguments for the _w_h_e_r_e_i_s utility are no longer available in this version. HISTORY The _w_h_e_r_e_i_s command appeared in 3.0BSD. Printed 11/26/99 November 27, 1996 1