WHEREIS(1)

NAME
whereis - locate programs

SYNOPSIS
whereis [name ...]

DESCRIPTION
The whereis utility checks the standard binary directories for the specified name, printing out the paths of any it finds that are executable by the user.

RETURN VALUES
The whereis utility exits with one of the following values:

0   All names got successfully resolved.

1   Some names got resolved but not all.

2   No names got resolved.

-1  A system error occurred.

SEE ALSO
which(1)

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.