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diff --git a/.local/bin/who-depends b/.local/bin/who-depends
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Script that takes a package as an argument and returns installed packages
+# that are dependent on it
+
+[ $# -eq 1 ] || echo "usage: who-depends package"
+apt list --installed | tail -n+2 | cut -d '/' -f 1 > /tmp/whodepends
+pkg="$1"
+deps_all=$(apt-cache rdepends $pkg | tail -n+3 | sed "s/^\s*//")
+for dep in $deps_all
+do
+                grep -lq "$dep" /tmp/whodepends && echo "$dep"
+done