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Hi,


I have a query in linux and please find the details of it

I have a command in linux and i want to know which rpm has provided that command.

ie: if we take ifconfig command ,i want to know what is the rpm package used to get that command.

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rpm itself does not provide such a mechanism, its a quite basic package format. But e.g. Suse's YaST is able to search through all available (installed and not installed) packages. Many distro's have similiar tools or at least online databases.
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Code:
rpm -qf <filename>
Code:
> rpm -qf /sbin/ifconfig
net-tools-1.60-76.fc6
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Thank you

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