Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Oct 1996 10:13:03 -0500 (EST) | From | Leigh Koven <> | Subject | Re: OFF TOPIC [was]Re: Linux needs control.exe |
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On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Eric Youngdale wrote:
> Actually, this is something that RPM helps a lot with. You > can query the database with a command to find out what package it comes > from. For example: > > bash$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/wc > textutils-1.19-2 > > While this may not tell you everything about why a file is present on the > system, it can narrow it down an incredible amount.
That's why Joe User should do rpm -qi textutils-1.19-2, or, at the very least, man wc. Linux is very easy, you just need to know where to look for help.
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