Posts Tagged ‘which command’

Aug
29
2009

Linux: which vs. whereis command difference

Difference between which command and whereis command in Linux

For e.g. lets find where “samba” is located in a CentOS server

$ which samba
which command searches the list of programs listed down through the PATH settings

$ whereis samba
whereis command also searches for programs that are not present in the PATH setting

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