---
name: "vlpatch"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvcs-lite-perl"
version: "0.12-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vlpatch"
---

# vlpatch(1)

apply a patch with VCS::Lite

## NAME

vlpatch - apply a patch with VCS::Lite

## SYNOPSIS

**vlpatch** \[*options*\] *original patch*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **vlpatch command.**

**vlpatch** is a program that applies a patch to an original with the VCS::Lite perl module.

## OPTIONS

**--output outfile**

If --output is not specified, the patched file is put in place of the original, and the original is renamed to \*.orig.

## SEE ALSO

[**vldiff**(1)](/vldiff/1.md), [**vlmerge**(1)](/vlmerge/1.md), **VCS::Lite**(3).

## AUTHOR

vlpatch was written by Ivor Williams.

This manual page was written by Dominic Hargreaves \<dom@earth.li\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).