rpm -qp --queryformat "%{defaultprefix}\n" perl.rpm

[Peter Gibbons-BU <peter gibbons 01 bbc co uk>]

hi-there,

i 'm tring to find out the default installation prefix of a packaage
perl.rpm.  I have  read the example at rpm.org help docs and know that this
is possible.  However, when i use the example i get an error:

rpm -qp --queryformat "%{defaultprefix}\n" perl.rpm

error: incorrect format - unknown tag

what should my command read?

many thanks
peewee



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