Finding the RPM that owns a file | LPIC-1 101-500 Exam original practice question

102.5Basic

Find which installed RPM owns /usr/bin/bash.

Perform a reverse lookup from the file path in the RPM database.

Which command is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Identify what must change and what must remain unchanged. Then choose the command whose scope matches that requirement.

Hint 2: Check each command's role

Separate commands that display information, change state, remove data, or affect a child process.

rpm -ql /usr/bin/bash: Incorrect. -ql expects a package name and lists its files.
rpm -qf /usr/bin/bash: Correct. rpm -qf /usr/bin/bash reports the owning installed package.
rpm -qp /usr/bin/bash: Incorrect. -p makes a query target an RPM archive, not the installed database.
rpm -qR /usr/bin/bash: Incorrect. -qR lists requirements of a package.

Detailed explanation

Incorrectrpm -ql /usr/bin/bash

Incorrect. -ql expects a package name and lists its files.

Correctrpm -qf /usr/bin/bash

Correct. rpm -qf /usr/bin/bash reports the owning installed package.

Incorrectrpm -qp /usr/bin/bash

Incorrect. -p makes a query target an RPM archive, not the installed database.

Incorrectrpm -qR /usr/bin/bash

Incorrect. -qR lists requirements of a package.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

rpm --help | grep -E -- '--file|-f'

file owner queryの説明

Foundation review

Check whether the command acts on the current shell, a new process, an existing process, or a file.

Use the supplied command and compare the output with the expected result.

Question IDKP-102-210

EnvironmentRPM 4.19〜6.x公式仕様

Last technical review2026-08-12