bash: /usr/sbin/zypper info perl
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Information for package perl:

Repository: @System
Name: perl
Version: 5.12.3-11.20.1
Arch: i586
Vendor: openSUSE
Installed: Yes
Status: up-to-date
Installed Size: 40.5 MiB
Summary: The Perl interpreter
Description: 
perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
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