When I execute the following:

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$ whereis ls
ls: /usr/bin/ls /usr/ucb/ls
$ pwd
/bin
$ ls -la ls
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 18120 Oct 6 1998 ls

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....but as you can see the 'ls' command is in the /bin directory AS WELL. Why doesn't show up on 'whereis'???

Thanks

I think that /bin would need to be in your PATH for the whereis to find it. If you add /bin to your PATH->

export PATH=$PATH:/bin:

and try your whereis again, maybe it will be found.

Does this work with you?? Because the /bin seems to be appearing in the PATH

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isgsi01(root)7: echo $PATH
/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/openwin/bin/xview:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:<B>/bin<B>:/usr/sbin:/etc:/usr/etc:/usr/sccs:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/opt/SUNWmd/sbin:/opt/SUNWhsm/sbin:/jumpstart/admin/bin:.

isgsi01(root)9: whereis ls
ls: /usr/bin/ls /usr/ucb/ls
isgsi01(root)10:


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but still does not show up using 'whereis'

The whereis command does not use the PATH env var for the search path. It uses a pre-defined search path, see the man page for whereis. Try the which command to search along your PATH.