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pkgfile:tldr:50a5a
pkgfile: Search for a package that owns a specific file using case-insensitive matching.
$ pkgfile --ignorecase ${filename}
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The command pkgfile --ignorecase ${filename}
is used to search for a package that provides the file represented by ${filename}
in a Linux-based system. Let's break it down:
pkgfile
is the name of the command that is being executed. It is a utility commonly found in Arch Linux-based distributions that can find which package owns a specific file.--ignorecase
is an option that tellspkgfile
to perform a case-insensitive search, meaning it will match file names regardless of their capitalization.${filename}
is a placeholder that represents the name of the file you want to find the package for. You need to replace${filename}
with the actual file name or path of the file you want to search for. For example, if you want to find the package for the file "example.txt," you would replace${filename}
with "example.txt".
When you execute the command with the appropriate file name, pkgfile
will search its package database and provide you with the name of the package that includes the specified file.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.