WHEREIS(1) WHEREIS(1) (NAME) whereis - (SYNOPSIS) whereis [] [-BMS ... -f] ... (DESCRIPTION) whereis . . s. . whereis $PATH $MANPATH . ( -b -m -s) . . : whereis -bm ls tr -m gcc "ls" "tr" "gcc" . -B -M -S . : whereis -m ls -M /usr/share/man/man1 -f cal "ls" "cal" /usr/share/man/man1 . (OPTIONS) -b . -m . -s . -u . . 'whereis -m -u *' . -B whereis . -M whereis Info . -S whereis . -f . -B -M -S . -l whereis . -B -M -S (hard- coded) . -g glob(7). whereis ( basename) . . . : whereis -g 'find*' -h, --help . -V, --version . (FILE SEARCH PATHS) whereis glob . $PATH $MANPATH . -l . -B -M -S -l . (ENVIRONMENT) WHEREIS_DEBUG=all (). (EXAMPLES) /usr/bin /usr/man/man1 /usr/src : cd /usr/bin whereis -u -ms -M /usr/man/man1 -S /usr/src -f * (REPORTING BUGS) : (AVAILABILITY) whereis util-linux : Linux Kernel Archive (SEE ALSO) find(1), type(1), which(1), glob(7) util-linux 2.41.5 2026-06-16 WHEREIS(1)