whereis(1)



NAME

     whereis - examine system directories for a given file


SYNOPSIS

     whereis file


EXAMPLES


     whereis stat.h      # Prints: /usr/include/sys/stat.h


DESCRIPTION


     Whereis searches a fixed set of system directories, /bin, /lib, /usr/bin,
     and  others,  and  prints  all occurrences of the argument name in any of
     them.


SEE ALSO

     man(1), which(1).