Linux whereis Command

What is Linux whereis Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use whereis command in Linux. whereis command is whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command.

whereis Syntax#

whereis [options] [-BMS directory... -f] name...

whereis Examples#

whereis Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of whereis command. whereis command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for whereis command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man whereis

To open info page for whereis command we can use command below.

info whereis

To open help page from whereis command we can run command below.

whereis --help

Linux whereis Command Source Code#

You can find whereis command source code from the folowing repositories:

• whereis source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use whereis in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.