rpm utils - print how yum and rpmUtils parses an RPM filename as a 'NVREA'

rpm-parse-name.py

#! /usr/bin/python
# Print the 'NEVRA' of an rpm file using its path only
# This is what yum tools does when given only an rpm filename

import sys
import re
from rpmUtils.miscutils import splitFilename
for path in sys.argv[1:]:
    x = path[path.rfind( '/' )+1:]
    # print "Path: {0} File: {1}".format(path,x)
    (n, v, r, e, a) = splitFilename(x)
    print "Path: {5}\nName: {0}\nEpoch: {1}\nVersion: {2}\nRelease: {3}\nArch: {4}".format(n,e,v,r,a,x)