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whereis

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

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