which package a file belongs to

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Hi,

frmas <frmas at free.fr> writes:
> I'm looking for the tool (dpkg ?) and command line parameters, that will
> give me the package (name and version), a file on my HD belongs to.
> Something like :
> dpkg --search | grep /usr/bin/nedit ??
>
> Result : nedit_1.5.5-2ubuntu3.deb

The command `dpkg -S /usr/bin/nedit' will tell you the package name and
then you can use `dpkg -l [package]' to get the installed version.

Regards,
Ansgar

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