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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# check for minimum version being fulfilled
+# Argument $1 must be the target version
+# Argument $2 must be the program version to check for
+#
+# Versions must be stripped of any leading labels or 'v', 'version' prefix
+# and will only be checked for their numeric contents.
+# 1.0 2.13 5.1.25 are all valid version numbers.
+#
+# Can also be used to check the correct sorting of an arbitrary number of
+# versions, if invoked like:
+# version_at_least 1.0 2.0 2.2 3.13
+# If versions are out of order will return false.
+#
+# Further reading:
+# https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/285924/how-to-compare-a-programs-version-in-a-shell-script
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4493205/unix-sort-of-version-numbers
+
+printf '%s\n' "$@" | sort -t. -n -k1,1 -k2,2 -k3,3 -k4,4 --check=quiet