help where

where [option] <what> [in <zone>] [as <pattern>]

Finds objects visible to you matching <what>, excluding rooms and exits, but including players.

<what> can be a name or an object category like weapon (see info parser). [option] can be all to include cloned items, room to search for rooms instead of normal objects, or exact to match the exact search word rather than the more loose parser matching used by default (which will return 'hatch' and 'Neville Hatherspoon' for 'where hat').

<zone> can also be the name of a planet.

<pattern> is a standard multistat formatting code. Not for the faint of heart!

NB: some things will be hidden from you, because they are private, or belong to a mission you've not yet done, or are otherwise unlocateable.

example:
>where spacesuit in level1

== Where =====================================================================
ID                 Name        Location
------------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------
level1_spacesuit_1 a spacesuit carried by Crewman Simpson in the Suitup Room
==============================================================================

>where spacesuit
>where all spacesuit
>where room airlock
>where vehicle in template as in$i{cost}-<Cost>$i{mass}-<Mass>$s{owner}<Owner>

see also: objects, rooms, multistat, references, shopfind