whereis

Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command. More information: <https://manned.org/whereis>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/whereis.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install util-linux
Ubuntu
apt-get install util-linux
Alpine
apk add util-linux
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S util-linux
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install util-linux
CentOS
yum install util-linux
Fedora
dnf install util-linux
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install util-linux
OS X
brew install util-linux
Raspbian
apt-get install util-linux
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/whereis whereis powered by Commando

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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