NAME

     whereis - examine system directories for a given file


SYNOPSIS

     whereis file


EXAMPLES

     whereis stat.h      # Prints: /usr/include/sys/stat.h


DESCRIPTION

     Whereis searches a fixed set of  system  directories,  /bin,
     /lib,  /usr/bin,  and  others, and prints all occurrences of
     the argument name in any of them.


SEE ALSO

     man(1), which(1).