There are two commands that may help you to find where executable binary is located regardless it’s Unix or Linux system. They are whereis and type. First locates source/binary and manuals sections for specified files and second tells what exactly shell executes when you type a certain command.
The next picture shows examples of these commands work.

Hey, thanks..
the "type" command works wonders.
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