linux man page for apt-sortpkgs

APT-SORTPKGS(1) 							APT							   APT-SORTPKGS(1)

NAME
       apt-sortpkgs - Utility to sort package index files

SYNOPSIS
       apt-sortpkgs [-hvs] [-o=config string] [-c=file] file...

DESCRIPTION
       apt-sortpkgs will take an index file (Source index or Package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package name. It
       will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the internal sorting rules.

       All output is sent to stdout, the input must be a seekable file.

OPTIONS
       All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
       options you can override the config file by using something like -f-,--no-f, -f=no or several other variations.

       -s, --source
	   Use Source index field ordering. Configuration Item: APT::SortPkgs::Source.

       -h, --help
	   Show a short usage summary.

       -v, --version
	   Show the program version.

       -c, --config-file
	   Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. The program will read the default configuration file and then this
	   configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before the default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the
	   APT_CONFIG environment variable. See apt.conf(5) for syntax information.

       -o, --option
	   Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary configuration option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.	-o and --option can be
	   used multiple times to set different options.

SEE ALSO
       apt.conf(5)

DIAGNOSTICS
       apt-sortpkgs returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.

BUGS
       APT bug page[1]. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the reportbug(1) command.

AUTHORS
       Jason Gunthorpe

       APT team

NOTES
	1. APT bug page
	   http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt

Linux								 29 February 2004						   APT-SORTPKGS(1)