apt-sortpkgs - Utility to sort package index files

JasonGunthorpeAPTteam

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

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 standard output; the input must be a seekable file.

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

       apt-sortpkgs - Utility to sort package index files

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

APT 3.0.0                                       30 November 2013                                 APT-SORTPKGS(1)

       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.

       --audit
           Show audit (and notice) messages. This overrides the quiet option, but only for notice messages, not
           progress ones.

       -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 -oFoo::Bar=bar.  -o and --option can be used multiple times to set different options.

       --no-color, --color
           Turn colors on or off. Colors are on by default on supported terminals for apt(8) and can also be
           disabled using the NO_COLOR or APT_NO_COLOR environment variables, or further configured by the
           APT::Color configuration option and scope, see apt.conf(5) for information on that.

apt.conf(5)

apt-sortpkgs [-s] [-o=config_string] [-c=config_file] filename... {-v | --version} {-h | --help}