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.TH "RPMLUA" "1" "2026-01-08" "RPM 6.0.1"
.PP
.SH NAME
rpmlua - RPM Lua interpreter
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBrpmlua\fR [options] [\fILUA_SCRIPT\fR] [-- \fIARG\fR .\&.\&.\&]
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
Run RPM internal Lua interpreter.\&
.PP
Note: indexes start at 1 in Lua, so the program name is at arg[1] instead
of the more customary index zero.\&
.PP
.SH ARGUMENTS
\fILUA SCRIPT\fR
.RS 4
A Lua script.\&
.PP
.RE
\fIARG\fR
.RS 4
Options and arguments to be passed to \fISCRIPT_FILE\fR.\&
\fBrpmlua\fR stops processing at \fB--\fR.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH OPTIONS
\fB-i\fR,
\fB--interactive\fR
.RS 4
Run an interactive session after executing optional script or
statement.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB--opts\fR=\fIOPTSTRING\fR
.RS 4
Perform \fBgetopt\fR(3) option processing on the passed arguments
according to \fIOPTSTRING\fR.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB-e\fR "\fISTATEMENT\fR",
\fB--execute\fR "\fISTATEMENT\fR"
.RS 4
Execute a Lua statement before executing optional script.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a nonzero failure code otherwise.\&
.PP
.SH EXAMPLES
\fBrpmlua test.\&lua\fR
.RS 4
Execute test.\&lua script file.\&
.PP
.RE
\fBrpmlua --opts=ab:c args.\&lua -- 1 2 3 -c -b5\fR
.RS 4
Execute args.\&lua script file with option processing.\&
.PP
.RE
\fBrpmlua -e "print(rpm.\&ver('\&1.\&0'\&) < rpm.\&ver('\&2.\&0'\&))"\fR
.RS 4
Execute single statement to compare rpm versions.\&
.PP
.RE
\fBrpmlua -i\fR
.RS 4
Run an interactive session.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBlua\fR(1), \fBpopt\fR(3), \fBgetopt\fR(3), \fBrpm\fR(8) \fBrpm-lua\fR(7)
.PP
\fBhttp://www.\&rpm.\&org/\fR