On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 02:23:40 -0800,
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> How can I find a package based on its containing a given file?

dpkg -S <pattern>

e.g,,

$ dpkg -s '*/bin/gz*'
gzip: /sw/bin/gzip
gzip: /sw/bin/gzexe
gzip: /sw/bin/gzcat

HTH,
Dan

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