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+.\" $NetBSD: whereis.1,v 1.7 1998/02/06 06:20:06 perry Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)whereis.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/27/95
+.\"
+.Dd April 27, 1995
+.Dt WHEREIS 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm whereis
+.Nd locate programs
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Ar program ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility checks the standard binary directories for the specified programs,
+printing out the paths of any it finds.
+.Pp
+The path searched is the string returned by the
+.Xr sysctl 8
+utility for the
+.Dq user.cs_path
+string.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr find 1 ,
+.Xr locate 1 ,
+.Xr man 1 ,
+.Xr which 1 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+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 .