RPMSPEC(1)                  General Commands Manual                 RPMSPEC(1)

NAME
       rpmspec - RPM Spec Tool

SYNOPSIS
       rpmspec {-q|--query} [options] [query-options] SPEC_FILE ...

       rpmspec {-P|--parse} [options] SPEC_FILE ...

       rpmspec --shell [options] [SPEC_FILE ...]

DESCRIPTION
       rpmspec is a tool for querying a spec file. More specifically for
       querying hypothetical packages which would be created from the given
       spec file. So querying a spec file with rpmspec is similar to querying
       a package built from that spec file. But it is not identical. With
       rpmspec you can't query all fields which you can query from a built
       package. E. g. you can't query BUILDTIME with rpmspec for obvious
       reasons. You also cannot query other fields automatically generated
       during a build of a package like auto generated dependencies.

OPERATIONS
       -q, --query
           Query parsed spec header, similarly to querying packages.

       -P, --parse
           Output parsed spec file to the standard output. That is,
           conditionals are handled, macros parsed and so on.

       --shell
           Invoke an interactive shell for inspecting macros, optionally after
           parsing a spec. Mainly useful for troubleshooting.

ARGUMENTS
       SPECFILE
           RPM spec file used for building packages with rpmbuild.

OPTIONS
       See rpm-common(8) for the options common to all operations.

QUERY OPTIONS
       --qf QUERYFMT, --queryformat QUERYFMT
           Specify output format for spec queries. See rpm-queryformat(7) for
           details.

       --rpms
           Operate on the all binary package headers generated from spec.

       --builtrpms
           Operate only on the binary package headers of packages which would
           be built from spec. That means ignoring package headers of packages
           that won't be built from spec i. e. ignoring package headers of
           packages without file section.

       --srpm
           Operate on the source package header(s) generated from spec.

ENVIRONMENT
       See rpm-common(8).

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

EXAMPLES
       rpmspec -q rpm.spec
           Get list of binary packages which would be generated from the rpm
           spec file, eg:
               rpm-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
               rpm-libs-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
               rpm-build-libs-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
               ...

       rpmspec -q --qf "%{name}: %{summary}n" rpm.spec
           Get summary infos for single binary packages generated from the rpm
           spec file, eg:
               rpm: The RPM package management system
               rpm-libs: Libraries for manipulating RPM packages
               rpm-build-libs: Libraries for building and signing RPM packages
               ...

       rpmspec -q --srpm rpm.spec
           Get the source package which would be generated from the rpm spec
           file, eg:
               rpm-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64

       rpmspec -P rpm.spec
           Parse the rpm spec file to standard output, eg:
               Summary: The RPM package management system
               Name: rpm
               Version: 4.14.0
               ...

       rpmspec --shell
           Run interactive macro shell for debugging macros, eg:
               > %define foo bar
               > %foo
               bar
               > %(date)
               Tue Apr 13 03:55:37 PM EEST 2021
               > %getncpus
               8

       rpmspec --shell popt.spec
           Run interactive macros shell in spec context, eg:
               %name
               popt
               %version
               1.18

SEE ALSO
       popt(3), rpm(8), rpmbuild(1), rpm-queryformat(7), rpm-macros(7)

       rpmspec --help - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt
       aliases it's impossible to guarantee that what's described in the
       manual matches what's available.

       http://www.rpm.org/

RPM 6.0.1                         2026-01-08                        RPMSPEC(1)