pacman-query:tldr:431a7
pacman-query: Find which package owns a file.
$ pacman --query --owns ${filename}
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The command "pacman --query --owns ${filename}" is used in Arch Linux to determine which package owns a specific file or directory.
- "pacman" refers to the package manager used in Arch Linux.
- "--query" is an option passed to the "pacman" command to perform a database query.
- "--owns" is an option also passed to the "pacman" command, specifically used to find which package owns a given file or directory.
- "${filename}" is a placeholder for the name of the file or directory you want to query.
By executing this command, the package manager will search its database to determine the package that owns the specified file or directory. The output of the command will provide the name of the package(s) that own the file, if found.
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