How do I look up the source code for a utility which has a different name from its parent package?
For example, I would like to look up:
/usr/bin/sort
How do I look up the source code for a utility which has a
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How do I look up the source code for a utility which has a different name from its parent package?
For example, I would like to look up:
/usr/bin/sort
you can run
dpkg -S /usr/bin/sort
to get name of package, then see package info, get url go to its site and get source code.