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4.\" Copyright 2002 Joerg Wunsch
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1.\" Copyright (c) 1993
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Copyright 2002 Joerg Wunsch
5.\"
6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
8.\" are met:

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30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
32.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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38.Dd July 11, 2002
38.Dd August 18, 2002
39.Dt WHEREIS 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm whereis
43.Nd locate programs
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
39.Dt WHEREIS 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm whereis
43.Nd locate programs
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Op Fl bmqsux
46.Op Fl abmqsux
47.Op Fl BMS Ar dir Ar ... Fl f
48.Ar program ...
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52utility checks the standard binary, manual page, and source
53directories for the specified programs, printing out the paths of any
54it finds. The supplied program names are first stripped of leading

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89.It Fl M
90Specify directories to search for manual pages. Requires the
91.Fl f
92option.
93.It Fl S
94Specify directories to search for program sources. Requires the
95.Fl f
96option.
47.Op Fl BMS Ar dir Ar ... Fl f
48.Ar program ...
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52utility checks the standard binary, manual page, and source
53directories for the specified programs, printing out the paths of any
54it finds. The supplied program names are first stripped of leading

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89.It Fl M
90Specify directories to search for manual pages. Requires the
91.Fl f
92option.
93.It Fl S
94Specify directories to search for program sources. Requires the
95.Fl f
96option.
97.It Fl a
98Report all matches instead of only the first of each requested type.
97.It Fl b
98Search for binaries.
99.It Fl f
100Delimits the list of directories after the
101.Fl B ,
102.Fl M ,
103or
104.Fl S

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114This can become handy for use in a backquote substitution of a
115shell command line, see
116.Sx EXAMPLES .
117.It Fl s
118Search for source directories.
119.It Fl u
120Search for
121.Dq unusual
99.It Fl b
100Search for binaries.
101.It Fl f
102Delimits the list of directories after the
103.Fl B ,
104.Fl M ,
105or
106.Fl S

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116This can become handy for use in a backquote substitution of a
117shell command line, see
118.Sx EXAMPLES .
119.It Fl s
120Search for source directories.
121.It Fl u
122Search for
123.Dq unusual
122entries. A file is said to be unusual if it does not have one entry
123of each requested type.
124entries. A file is said to be unusual if it does not have at least
125one entry of each requested type.
124Only the name of the unusual entry is printed.
125.It Fl x
126Do not use
127.Dq expensive
128tools when searching for source directories.
129Normally, after unsuccessfully searching all the first-level
130subdirectories of the source directory list,
131.Nm

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169This re-implementation of the
170.Nm
171utility is not bug-for-bug compatible with historical versions.
172It is believed to be compatible with the version that was shipping with
173.Fx 2.2
174through
175.Fx 4.5
176though.
126Only the name of the unusual entry is printed.
127.It Fl x
128Do not use
129.Dq expensive
130tools when searching for source directories.
131Normally, after unsuccessfully searching all the first-level
132subdirectories of the source directory list,
133.Nm

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171This re-implementation of the
172.Nm
173utility is not bug-for-bug compatible with historical versions.
174It is believed to be compatible with the version that was shipping with
175.Fx 2.2
176through
177.Fx 4.5
178though.
179.Pp
180The
181.Nm
182utility can report some unrelated source entries when the
183.Fl a
184option is specified.