Manual: linux-version

LINUX-VERSION(1)			   General Commands Manual			    LINUX-VERSION(1)

NAME
       linux-version - operate on Linux kernel version strings

SYNOPSIS

       linux-version compare KERNEL-VER-1 OP KERNEL-VER-2

       linux-version sort [--reverse] [KERNEL-VER-1 KERNEL-VER-2 ...]

       linux-version list [--paths]

DESCRIPTION
       linux-version  operates	on Linux kernel version strings as reported by uname -r and used in file and
       directory names.	 These version strings do not follow  the  same	 rules	as  Debian  package  version
       strings and should not be compared as such or as arbitrary strings.

       compare KERNEL-VER-1 OP KERNEL-VER-2
	      Compare  version	strings,  where OP is a binary operator. linux-version returns success (zero
	      result) if the specified condition is satisfied, and failure (nonzero result) otherwise.	 The
	      valid operators are: lt le eq ne ge gt

       sort [--reverse] [KERNEL-VER-1 KERNEL-VER-2 ...]
	      Sort  the	 given version strings and print them in order from lowest to highest.	If the --re‐
	      verse option is used, print them in order from highest to lowest.

	      If no version strings are given as arguments, the version strings will instead  be  read	from
	      standard	input,	one  per  line.	 They may be suffixed by arbitrary text after a space, which
	      will be included in the output.  This means that, for example:

	      linux-version list --paths | linux-version sort --reverse

	      will list the installed versions and corresponding paths in order from highest to lowest	ver‐
	      sion.

       list [--paths]
	      List  kernel  versions  installed	 in the customary location.  If the --paths option, show the
	      corresponding path for each version.

AUTHOR
       linux-version and this manual page were written by Ben Hutchings as part	 of  the  Debian  linux-base
       package.

						30 March 2011				    LINUX-VERSION(1)