How to parse an RPM file name?

[Greg Swift]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Tom Limoncelli <
tlimoncelli at stackoverflow.com> wrote:

>
> The nearest I found is this:
> rpm --queryformat "%{NAME} %{VERSION} %{RELEASE} %{ARCH}" -qp filename.rpm
> However that requires the package is installed.  In my case this isn't
> true.
>

the -p switch allows you to query the RPM file, rather than the installed
RPM.  This method is what I would recommend to minimize your headaches, but
it does require you to have all the files (which it appears you do)

-greg
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