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On RPM based systems:

~$ which file
/usr/bin/file
~$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/file
file-3.39-8.7x

On Debian:

$dpkg -S /usr/bin/file
file: /usr/bin/file

hth,

-Jim P.


> 
> For those that do, can anyone enlighten me?  It's this very reason that 
> I haven't been able to come up with a suitable search key for google.  
> Searching for "file linux"  (and every other combination that I've tried 
> for that matter) results in nothing but tangents.  I thought it was in 
> coreutils, but I was mistaken.
> 
> Can anyone clue me in on this simple one?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> -CB
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