diff --git a/bash/aptinfo.sh b/bash/aptinfo.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# shows `apt-cache show`information for a package that given binary belongs to (relative path)
+apt-cache show $(apt-file search $(which $1) | cut -d ":" -f 1)
+exit 0