linux-version (1) Linux Manual Page
linux-version – operate on Linux kernel version strings
Synopsis
- 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 …]
- 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.
- 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:
- list [–paths]
- List kernel versions installed in the customary location. If the –paths option, show the corresponding path for each version.