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 --reverse 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 version.

       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)