The whereis
program is used to locate the binary, source, and manual page files for
a command. This program searches for files in a restricted set of
locations (binary file directories, man page directories, and library
directories). whereis is usually used to find executables of a program, its man pages and configuration files.
The syntax of the command is simple: you just type whereis followed by the name of the program you want to find more about.
Here is an example:
The picture above shows the netstat executable (/bin/netstat) and the location of the netstat’s man page (/usr/share/man/man8/netstat.8.gz).
The syntax of the command is simple: you just type whereis followed by the name of the program you want to find more about.
Here is an example:
The picture above shows the netstat executable (/bin/netstat) and the location of the netstat’s man page (/usr/share/man/man8/netstat.8.gz).
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