What is the purpose of the 'whereis' command?

The whereis command is used to locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a specified command in Unix-like operating systems.

Purpose:

• Find Executables: It identifies the location of the executable files for commands.
• Locate Source Files: It can find the source code files associated with the command.
• Access Manual Pages: It helps locate the manual pages for documentation.

Example:

To find all related files for the gcc command, you would use:

whereis gcc

This command will return paths for the binary, source, and manual files associated with gcc.

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