You have downloaded httpd-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64.rpm but have not installed it, and you want to see exactly which files it would place on the system. Which command lists them?
LPIC-1 Exam 101-500, objective 102. Linux installation and package management medium
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Not correct rpm -ql httpd-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64.rpm
Wrong. Without -p, a query argument is treated as the name of an installed package, so rpm searches its database for a package literally called httpd-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64.rpm and reports that it is not installed.
Correct rpm -qlp httpd-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64.rpm
Correct. -p makes the query operate on an uninstalled package file, and -l lists the file manifest recorded in that package's header.
Not correct rpm -qip httpd-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64.rpm
Wrong for this requirement. In query mode -i prints the information header (name, version, licence, summary, build host) rather than the file list.
Not correct rpm -qf httpd-2.4.57-5.el9.x86_64.rpm
Wrong. -qf takes a path already present on the filesystem and names the installed package that owns it; here it would just report which package owns the downloaded .rpm file, usually none.
Why
Query mode combines a source selector with an information selector. The source is either the RPM database (default, argument is a package name) or a package file (-p, argument is a path). The information selectors stack on top: -l file list, -i information header, -c configuration files only, -d documentation only, -R requirements. So the general rule is that any of those queries can be pointed at a not-yet-installed file by adding -p.
Where this comes from
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- manual page rpm(8)
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