WHEREIS(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual WHEREIS(1) NAME whereis - locate programs SYNOPSIS whereis program ... DESCRIPTION The whereis 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 sysctl(8) utility for the ``user.cs_path'' string. SEE ALSO 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. Printed 11/26/99 November 27, 1996 1