whereis
Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command. More information: https://manned.org/whereis.
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Locate binary, source and man pages for ssh:
whereis {{ssh}}
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Locate binary and man pages for ls:
whereis -bm {{ls}}
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Locate source of gcc and man pages for Git:
whereis -s {{gcc}} -m {{git}}
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Locate binaries for gcc in
/usr/bin/
only:
whereis -b -B {{/usr/bin/}} -f {{gcc}}
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Locate unusual binaries (those that have more or less than one binary on the system):
whereis -u *
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Locate binaries that have unusual manual entries (binaries that have more or less than one manual installed):
whereis -u -m *
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