#!/bin/sh while read version_a version_b; do version_a=$(echo $version_a | sed -e 's/-/./g') version_b=$(echo $version_b | sed -e 's/-/./g') printf "%s %s %s\n" "$version_a" $(pkg version -t "$version_a" "$version_b") "$version_b" done < versions.txt while read version_a version_b; do if dpkg --compare-versions "$version_a" lt "$version_b"; then echo "$version_a < $version_b" else echo "$version_a >= $version_b" fi done < versions.txt