SYNOPSIS
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linux-version compare VERSION1 OP VERSION2
- linux-version sort [--reverse] [VERSION1 VERSION2 ...]
- linux-version list [--paths]
- linux-version sort [--reverse] [VERSION1 VERSION2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
linux-version operates on Linux kernel version strings as- compare VERSION1 OP VERSION2
- 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] [VERSION1 VERSION2 ...]
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Sort the given version strings and print them in order from lowest to
highest. If the --reverse option is used, print them in order
from highest to lowest.
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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 version.
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- 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.