HOMEBREW – How do I find the package for installation files in Brew?

In Homebrew, how to identify the package/formula of a given file or a list of all files of all packages?
View all files in the package:

 brew ls 

To find the package of the file, please view the file as follows:

ls -l /usr/local/bin/ whatever

If it is installed by Homebrew, it will be a symbolic link in /usr/local/Cellar/something, so you can tell you what package it is.

In Homebrew, how to identify the package/formula of a given file or a list of all files of all packages?

View all files in the package:

brew ls 

To find the package of the file, please view the file as follows:

ls -l /usr/local/bin/whatever

If it is by Homebrew Installed, it will be a symbolic link in /usr/local/Cellar/something, so you can tell you what package it is.

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