RPMSORT(1)                  General Commands Manual                 RPMSORT(1)

NAME
       rpmsort - Sort input by RPM Package Manager (RPM) versioning

SYNOPSIS
       rpmsort [ FILE ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       rpmsort(1) sorts the content of the input files, and writes a sorted
       list to standard out - like sort(1), but aware of RPM versioning.

ARGUMENTS
       FILE
           A text-file containing lines to sort. If FILE is omitted or -
           given, data is read from standard in and written to standard out.

OPTIONS
       rpmsort has no options.

EXIT STATUS
       On success, 0 is returned, a nonzero failure code otherwise.

EXAMPLES
       echo -e 'rpm-4.18.0-3.fc38.x86_64\nrpm-4.18.0-1.fc38.x86_64' | rpmsort
               rpm-4.18.0-1.fc38.x86_64
               rpm-4.18.0-3.fc38.x86_64

SEE ALSO
       rpm-version(7)

RPM 6.0.1                         2026-01-08                        RPMSORT(1)