Name

whereis — stdin  stdout  - file  -- opt  --help  --version

Synopsis

whereis programs

The whereis command attempts to locate executable programs by searching a predetermined list of directories. It operates like which but may also check directories outside of your search path:

➜ whereis locate
/usr/bin/locate

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