whereis - is used to find the location of the binary, source, and manual page files

syntax

$ whereis [OPTIONS] FILE_NAME...

To find the directories where the whereis command search

$ whereis -l

To get information about the commands

$ whereis du

$ whereis free

$ whereis bash

To get output for multiple commands

$ whereis du free bash

To search only for sources

$ whereis -s free

To search only for man files

$ whereis -m du

To search only for binaries

$ whereis -b cp

$ whereis -b free

regards,

T.Dhanasekar