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