The -q option specifies query mode.
The following options specify information you want:
<nothing> Name, version, release
-i Name, description, builder, build date, etc
-l List of files in package
-d List of documentation
-c List of configuration files
The following options specify what packages you want to query:
name Installed package name
-a All installed packages
-f file Installed package owning file
-p package Query RPM package
Combine one of each of the above options to form a query. For example, to list all the packages installed on your system:
rpm -qa
To list all the configuration files enter:
rpm -qac
To list all the documentation in the package owning /usr/bin/jed enter:
rpm -qdf /usr/bin/jed
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