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.\" @(#)whereis.1 6.5 (Berkeley) 4/23/91
.Nd locate binary, manual, and or source for program
.Op Fl BMS Ar dir Ar ... Fl f
locates source/binary and manuals sections for specified files.
The supplied names are first stripped of leading pathname components
and of any (single) trailing extension of the form
resulting from use of source code control are also
then attempts to locate the desired program in a list of standard places.
Change or limit directories searched for binaries. Requires the
Change or limit directories searched for manual entries. Requires the
Change or limit directories searched for source. Requires the
Signals the end of a directory list specified by one or more of the
options and the start of file
Search for manual entries.
Search for unusual entries.
A file is said to be unusual if it does not have one entry of
asks for those files in the current
directory which have no documentation.
The following finds all the files in
.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
whereis \-u \-M /usr/share/man/man1 \-S /usr/src/cmd \-f *
.Bl -tag -width /lib,x/etc,x/usr/{lib,bin,ucb,old,new,local} -compact
.It Pa /lib, /etc, /usr/{lib,bin,ucb,old,new,local}
to run faster, pathnames given with the
must be full; i.e. they must begin with a