A command for finding an application's version number?

Hello,
I need a command for finding the version number of a specific application installed in OS X, and I need to be able to run it via the UNIX feature of Apple Remote Desktop, so that I can run it on hundreds of computers. First I tried this:
system_profiler -detailLevel full
It works, but it takes a long time to produce the output, because it's gathering and outputting all of the information that System Profiler provides. I don't know if there's a way to narrow it down so that it only gives me the version number of the specific application I need to know about. This is an example of what the output looks like for each application listed.
    iPhoto:
      Version: 9.2.1
      Last Modified: 10/27/11 10:05 AM
      Kind: Intel
      64-Bit (Intel): No
      App Store: No
      Location: /Applications/iPhoto.app
Copying that to TextEdit and searching for the application's name takes way too long, especially for hundreds of computers. Are there any arguments or regular expressions I could add to the command to narrow it down, and make it only output the information I need?
Someone suggested this command, which takes the information from Spotlight:
mdls -name kMDItemVersion <path to file>
That works for apps in the Applications folder, but the application I need the version number for is in the /usr/bin folder and I'm guessing that's not indexed by Spotlight, because it returns:
kMDItemVersion = (null)
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
-Mike

You rock! I'm definitely on the right track now. Yes, it's a regular application package, not a UNIX executable. Ok, so I use this command to display the Info.plist file inside that package:
cat /usr/bin/uc/UndercoverRegistration.app/Contents/Info.plist
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
    <string>English</string>
    <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
    <string>UndercoverRegistration</string>
    <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
    <string>Undercover</string>
    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
    <string>com.orbicule.UndercoverRegistration</string>
    <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
    <string>6.0</string>
    <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
    <string>APPL</string>
    <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
    <string>4.5</string>
    <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
    <string>????</string>
    <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
    <string>4.5</string>
    <key>NSMainNibFile</key>
    <string>MainMenu</string>
    <key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
    <string>NSApplication</string>
</dict>
</plist>
So can I add arguments to that command to have it only display the version number, which is on line 18 (the value is 4.5 here)? So would I be able to display only line 18, or display whatever is below the line that reads "<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>"? Thanks!

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Revision: 14357
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Date:     2010-02-23 09:41:57 -0800 (Tue, 23 Feb 2010)
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