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24f6490f 1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
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2<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent;
5<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> %aptverbatiment;
6<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> %aptvendor;
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7]>
8
9<refentry>
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10
11 <refentryinfo>
12 &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
13 &apt-author.team;
14 &apt-email;
15 &apt-product;
16 <!-- The last update date -->
ab5b1d0d 17 <date>2013-11-30T00:00:00Z</date>
5e80de29 18 </refentryinfo>
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19
20 <refmeta>
21 <refentrytitle>apt-sortpkgs</refentrytitle>
22 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
f0599b9c 23 <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
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24 </refmeta>
25
26 <!-- Man page title -->
27 <refnamediv>
28 <refname>apt-sortpkgs</refname>
29 <refpurpose>Utility to sort package index files</refpurpose>
30 </refnamediv>
31
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32 &synopsis-command-apt-sortpkgs;
33
24f6490f 34 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
14301cf3 35 <para><command>apt-sortpkgs</command> will take an index file (source index or package
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36 index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package name.
37 It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the
38 internal sorting rules.</para>
39
40 <para>
14301cf3 41 All output is sent to standard output; the input must be a seekable file.</para>
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42 </refsect1>
43
44 <refsect1><title>options</title>
45 &apt-cmdblurb;
46
47 <variablelist>
48 <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term><term><option>--source</option></term>
49 <listitem><para>
14301cf3 50 Use source index field ordering.
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51 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
52 </varlistentry>
53
54 &apt-commonoptions;
55
56 </variablelist>
57 </refsect1>
58
59 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
60 <para>&apt-conf;</para>
61 </refsect1>
62
63 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
64 <para><command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
65 </refsect1>
66
67 &manbugs;
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68
69</refentry>