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.\"      Date: 30\ \&November\ \&2013
.\"    Manual: APT
.\"    Source: APT 2.2.4
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.TH "APT\-SORTPKGS" "1" "30\ \&November\ \&2013" "APT 2.2.4" "APT"
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.SH "NAME"
apt-sortpkgs \- Utility to sort package index files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBapt\-sortpkgs\fR\ 'u
\fBapt\-sortpkgs\fR [\fB\-s\fR] [\fB\-o=\fR\fB\fIconfig_string\fR\fR] [\fB\-c=\fR\fB\fIconfig_file\fR\fR] \fIfilename\fR... {\-v\ |\ \-\-version} {\-h\ |\ \-\-help}
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBapt\-sortpkgs\fR
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\&.
.PP
All output is sent to standard output; the input must be a seekable file\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
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
\fB\-f\-\fR,\fB\-\-no\-f\fR,
\fB\-f=no\fR
or several other variations\&.
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-source\fR
.RS 4
Use source index field ordering\&. Configuration Item:
APT::SortPkgs::Source\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show a short usage summary\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Show the program version\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\-file\fR
.RS 4
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
\fBAPT_CONFIG\fR
environment variable\&. See
\fBapt.conf\fR(5)
for syntax information\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-option\fR
.RS 4
Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary configuration option\&. The syntax is
\fB\-o Foo::Bar=bar\fR\&.
\fB\-o\fR
and
\fB\-\-option\fR
can be used multiple times to set different options\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBapt.conf\fR(5)
.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
.PP
\fBapt\-sortpkgs\fR
returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error\&.
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
\m[blue]\fBAPT bug page\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
/usr/share/doc/debian/bug\-reporting\&.txt
or the
\fBreportbug\fR(1)
command\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJason Gunthorpe\fR
.RS 4
.RE
.PP
\fBAPT team\fR
.RS 4
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
APT bug page
.RS 4
\%http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt
.RE