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The charge at edgecenter will be shared by 4 cubes so each cube will get $q/4\epsilon$ . The adjacent faces of the edge ( where the charge is located ) will have $0$ flux through them as no Electric-field-line will cross through it. So only $4$ faces will share the flux and it'll be $q/16\epsilon$.

But I think the flux through each $4$ faces will be different and of $3$ types with $2$ being equal. I was wondering if we could do this with solid-angles but I don't know anything about it other than the image/concept of it.

Frobenius
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  • 4 faces : 2 faces parallel to the edge each one with flux $:\Phi_1$ and 2 faces normal to the edge each one with flux $:\Phi_2$. So total flux $:2\left(\Phi_1+\Phi_2\right)$. Note that $:\Phi_1\ne\Phi_2 $. – Frobenius May 11 '22 at 06:51
  • so, ...it'll be $q/16\epsilon$... is false. – Frobenius May 11 '22 at 07:01

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Hint :

In general the flux through an oriented open or closed surface $\:\mathrm{S}\:$ due to a point charge $\:Q\:$ is
\begin{equation} \Phi_{\mathrm{S}}=\dfrac{\Theta}{4\pi}\dfrac{Q}{\epsilon_{0}} \tag{01}\label{01} \end{equation} where $\:\Theta\:$ the solid angle by which the charge $\:Q\:$ sees the surface.

For our case here make use of this Proposition-Practical Rule and Figure-01 both of them shown in my answer there What is the electric field flux through the base of a cube from a point charge infinitesimally close to a vertex?, repeated here for convenience.

Proposition-Practical Rule : Let a rectangular parallelogram with sides $\,a,b\,$ and a point $\,Q\,$ positioned at a height $\,c\,$ vertically up of one of its corners, see Figure-01. Then the solid angle $\,\Theta\,$ by which the point $\,Q\,$ "sees" the rectangular parallelogram is determined by the equation \begin{equation} \tan\Theta=\dfrac{s}{c\!\cdot\!d}=\dfrac{a\!\cdot\!b}{c\!\cdot\!\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}} \tag{02}\label{02} \end{equation} where $\,s=a\!\cdot\!b\,$ the area of the rectangular parallelogram and $\,d=\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}\,$ the diagonal from $\,Q\,$ to the opposite corner.

Try to prove that if $\:\Theta_1\:$ the solid angle by which your point charge sees a face parallel to the edge and $\:\Theta_2\:$ the solid angle by which your point charge sees a face normal to the edge then \begin{equation} \tan\Theta_1\cdot\tan\Theta_2=1 \tag{03}\label{03} \end{equation}

Note that according to the Figure-Solid angles your charge sees the 4 not-adjacent faces by a solid angle $\:\Theta=\pi$, see Figure-03, while from equation \eqref{03} the solid angles $\:\Theta_1,\Theta_2\:$ are complementary \begin{equation} \Theta_1+\Theta_2=\dfrac{\pi}{2} \tag{04}\label{04} \end{equation}

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