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pacman --files

Arch Linux package manager utility. See also pkgfile. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.

• Display help:

pacman --files --help

• Update the package database:

sudo pacman --files --refresh

• Find the package that owns a specific file:

pacman --files {{filename}}

• Find the package that owns a specific file, using a regular expression:

pacman --files --regex '{{search_pattern}}'

• List only the package names:

pacman --files --quiet {{filename}}

• List the files owned by a specific package:

pacman --files --list {{package_name}}

• List only the absolute path to the files:

pacman --query --list --quiet {{package_name}}