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Dd April 3, 2003
Dt WHEREIS 1
Os
Sh NAME
Nm whereis
Nd locate programs
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl p
Ar program
Op Ar program ...
Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Nm
utility checks the standard binary directories for the specified programs,
printing out the paths of any it finds.
Pp
The default path searched is the string returned by the
Xr sysctl 8
utility for the
Dq user.cs_path
string.
If the
Op Fl p
option is specified, then the value of the environment
variable
Ev PATH
is used instead.
Sh EXIT STATUS
The
Nm
utility exits 0 on success, 1 on general error, 2 if only some
programs were located and 3 if none were.
Sh COMPATIBILITY
The historic flags and arguments for the
Nm
utility are no longer available in this version.
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr whatis 1 ,
Xr which 1 ,
Xr sysctl 8
Sh HISTORY
The
Nm
command appeared in
Bx 3.0 .

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