How do I freshen an rpm package in Linux?

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# /bin/rpm -Fvh quota-3.13-1.2.3.2.el5

The freshen option checks the versions of the packages listed on the command line against the versions already installed on your system. If a there is an older version, then the freshen option upgrades it to the newer version.
If there is no previously-installed package, the freshen option does not install that package (the upgrade option does).