To list the contents (files) of a package on a Linux system using the yum
command, you can use the yum provides
subcommand and specify the name of the file you are looking for.
For example, to list the contents of the nano
package, you can use the following command:
yum provides *bin/nano*
This will list the files in the nano
package that match the search pattern *bin/nano*
.
Alternatively, you can use the repoquery
command to list the contents of a package. The repoquery
command is part of the yum-utils
package, which you may need to install first. To install the yum-utils
package, you can use the following command:
yum install yum-utils
Once yum-utils
is installed, you can use the repoquery
command to list the contents of a package. For example, to list the contents of the nano
package, you can use the following command:
repoquery --list nano
This will list all the files in the nano
package.
Keep in mind that you will need to have root privileges (or be a member of the sudo
group) in order to use the yum
or repoquery
commands.