RPMLUA(1)
2025-04-15
NAME
rpmlua - RPM Lua interpreter
SYNOPSIS
rpmlua [options] [LUA_SCRIPT] [-- ARG ...]
DESCRIPTION
Run RPM internal Lua interpreter.
Note: indexes start at 1 in Lua, so the program name is at arg[1] instead of the more customary index zero.
ARGUMENTS
LUA SCRIPT
A Lua script.
ARG
Options and arguments to be passed to SCRIPT_FILE. rpmlua stops processing at --.
OPTIONS
-i, --interactive
Run an interactive session after executing optional script or statement.
--opts=OPTSTRING
Perform getopt(3) option processing on the passed arguments according to OPTSTRING.
-e "STATEMENT", --execute "STATEMENT"
Execute a Lua statement before executing optional script.
EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
EXAMPLES
rpmlua test.lua
Execute test.lua script file.
rpmlua --opts=ab:c args.lua -- 1 2 3 -c -b5
Execute args.lua script file with option processing.
rpmlua -e "print(rpm.ver('1.0') < rpm.ver('2.0'))"
Execute single statement to compare rpm versions.
rpmlua -i
Run an interactive session.
SEE ALSO
lua(1), popt(3), getopt(3), rpm(8)