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Old 12-09-2003
Question about DOS versus Unix Command?
Okay here is a DOS comparison. When I search for a file in DOS and I was not sure what directory it was in then I would put dir /s/o/p filename the s would tell it to look in every directory including subs, the o would sort it alphabetically and the p would limit the display to one page at a time. Does the whereis compare to this DOS command?
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Old 12-09-2003
The whereis command is used to find binary files, source files, and manual pages. An analagous Unix command to the DOS command you speak of is find which will recursively decend down directory trees, across file systems, links etc and will evaluate a list of commands or expressions you provide it. Here is a link to the man page.
 
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