whereis

Purpose

Find the source, binary, and man page for a command.

Syntax

whereis [options] command

Options

-b searches only for binaries.

-m searches only for man pages.

-s searches only for sources.

Description

The whereis command searches the usual directories (where binaries, man pages, and source files are located) for binaries, man pages, and source files for a command. For example, here is the result of searching for the files for the rpm command:

whereis rpm rpm: /bin/rpm /usr/lib/rpm /usr/include/rpm /usr/man/man8/rpm.8