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.Dd $Mdocdate: August 14 2007 $
.Dt WHEREIS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm whereis
.Nd locate programs
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm whereis
.Op Fl a
.Ar name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility checks the standard binary directories for the specified name,
printing out the paths of any it finds that are executable by the
user.
.Pp
The path searched is the string returned by the
.Xr sysctl 8
utility for the
.Dq user.cs_path
string.
.Pp
If the
.Fl a
flag is given,
.Nm
will return a list of all matches instead of just the first match.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility exits with one of the following values:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width 4n -compact
.It 0
All names were successfully resolved.
.It 1
Some names were resolved but not all.
.It 2
No names were resolved.
.It \-1
A system error occurred.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apropos 1 ,
.Xr find 1 ,
.Xr locate 1 ,
.Xr which 1 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh STANDARDS
The historic flags and arguments for the
.Nm
utility are no longer available in this version.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 3.0 .