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WHEREIS(1)                  NetBSD Reference Manual                 WHEREIS(1)


NAME

     whereis - locate programs


SYNOPSIS

     whereis [-p] program [program ...]


DESCRIPTION

     The whereis utility checks the standard binary directories for the speci-
     fied programs, printing out the paths of any it finds.

     The default path searched is the string returned by the sysctl(8) utility
     for the ``user.cs_path'' string.  If the [-p] option is specified, then
     the value of the environment variable PATH is used instead.


SEE ALSO

     which(1), sysctl(8)


COMPATIBILITY

     The historic flags and arguments for the whereis utility are no longer
     available in this version.


HISTORY

     The whereis command appeared in 3.0BSD.

NetBSD 1.6                      April 27, 1995                               1