which package a file belongs to

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:47:10 +0100
frmas <frmas at free.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking for the tool (dpkg ?) and command line parameters, that
> will give me the package (name and version), a file on my HD belongs
> to. Something like :
> dpkg --search | grep /usr/bin/nedit ??
> 
> Result : nedit_1.5.5-2ubuntu3.deb
> 
> Thank you. Francois

I don't know if this is what you want, but try
apt-cache policy nedit 
in a terminal.

Good luck,

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