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32 .\" @(#)whereis.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
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46 .Op Fl BMS dir ... Fl f
51 utility checks the standard binary, manual page, and source
52 directories for the specified programs, printing out the paths of any
53 it finds. The supplied names are first stripped of leading path name
54 components, any single trailing extension added by
62 from a source code control system.
64 The default path searched is the string returned by the
70 and the current user's
72 appended. Manual pages are searched by default along the
74 Program sources are located in a list of known standard places,
75 including all the subdirectories of
80 The following options are available:
81 .Bl -tag -width indent
83 Specify directories to search for binaries. Requires the
87 Specify directories to search for manual pages. Requires the
91 Specify directories to search for program sources. Requires the
97 Delimits the list of directories after the
102 options, and indicates the beginning of the
106 Search for manual pages.
108 Search for source directories.
112 entries. A file is said to be unusual if it does not have one entry
113 of each requested type.
116 The following finds all utilities under
118 that do not have documentation:
119 .Dl whereis -m -u /usr/bin/*
127 The search for sources is implemented as a quick search as the
128 first-level subdirectory of each element of the list of source
129 directories first. If this didn't succeed, the utility
131 is requested to do the search in deeper nested subdirectories. This
132 might take some time, and will only succeed if the locate database is
139 This version re-implements the historical
140 functionality that was lost in