Tool for searching files from packages in the official repositories on arch-based systems. See also pacman files, describing the usage of pacman --files. More information: <https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/pkgfile/pkgfile.1>.

• Synchronize the pkgfile database:
  sudo pkgfile --update
• Search for a package that owns a specific file:
  pkgfile filename
• List all files provided by a package:
  pkgfile --list package
• List executables provided by a package:
  pkgfile --list --binaries package
• Search for a package that owns a specific file using case-insensitive matching:
  pkgfile --ignorecase filename
• Search for a package that owns a specific file in the `bin` or `sbin` directory:
  pkgfile --binaries filename
• Search for a package that owns a specific file, displaying the package version:
  pkgfile --verbose filename
• Search for a package that owns a specific file in a specific repository:
  pkgfile --repo repository_name filename

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