dpkg-parsechangelog(1) dpkg suite dpkg-parsechangelog(1) (NAME) dpkg-parsechangelog - (changelog) (SYNOPSIS) dpkg-parsechangelog [...] (DESCRIPTION) dpkg-parsechangelog (changelog) . (OPTIONS) -l, --file changelog-file . `-' . debian/changelog . -F changelog-format . debian . << (CHANGELOG FORMATS)>> . -L libdir ( 1.18.8 dpkg ). PERL5LIB PERLLIB . -S, --show-field field ( 1.17.0 dpkg ). . -?, --help . --version . (Parser Options) . --format output-format . dpkg rfc822 . dpkg ( ) . ( deb-control(5)). ( ) : Source: pkg-name . Version: version . : . Distribution: target-distribution . Urgency: urgency ( ) . Maintainer: author (uploader) . Date: date . strptime(3) "%a, %d %b %Y %T %z" . Timestamp . Timestamp: timestamp (epoch) ( 1.18.8 dpkg ). Closes: bug-number Closes . Changes: changelog-entries . . changelog . Version Distribution Urgency Maintainer Changes . . rfc822 . --reverse ( 1.19.1 dpkg ). : dpkg . --all . : . -s, --since version -v version version. -u, --until version version. -f, --from version version. -t, --to version version. -c, --count number -n number number ( number 0 ). -o, --offset number --count ( number 0 ). (CHANGELOG FORMATS) . dpkg-parsechangelog : "\schangelog-format:\s+([0-9a-z]+)\W". . : @@@ changelog-format: otherformat @@@ ("a-z0-9") . dpkg-parsechangelog Dpkg::Changelog::Otherformat . . debian . Dpkg::Changelog . . . . . . (NOTES) -v 1.14.16 dpkg . 1.18.0 dpkg . (ENVIRONMENT) DPKG_COLORS ( 1.18.5 dpkg ). : auto () always never. DPKG_NLS (Native Language Support) (i18n) ( 1.19.0 dpkg ). : 0 1 (). (FILES) debian/changelog . (BUGS) Maintainer debian/control Changed-By .changes . (SEE ALSO) deb-changelog(5). 1.23.7-dirty 2026-03-06 dpkg-parsechangelog(1)