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osinfo-query(1) | Libosinfo | osinfo-query(1) |
NAME¶
osinfo-query - Query information in the database
SYNOPSIS¶
osinfo-query [OPTIONS...] TYPE [CONDITION-1 [CONDITION-2 ...]]
DESCRIPTION¶
The "osinfo-query" command allows extraction of information from the database. TYPE can be one of "os", "platform", "device", or "deployment". With no conditions specified, all entities of the given type will be listed.
# List all operating systems $ osinfo-query os Short ID | Name ... ----------------------+----------- centos-6.0 | CentOS 6.0 ... centos-6.1 | CentOS 6.1 ... ...
Conditions allow filtering based on specific properties of an entity. For example, to filter only distros from the Fedora Project, use
# List all operating systems $ osinfo-query os vendor="Fedora Project" Short ID | Name ... ----------------------+-------------- fedora1 | Fedora Core 1 ... fedora2 | Fedora Core 2 ... ...
The set of fields which are printed can be controlled using the --fields command line argument:
# List all operating systems $ osinfo-query --fields=short-id,version os vendor="Fedora Project" Short ID | Version ----------------------+---------- fedora1 | 1 fedora2 | 2 ...
OPTIONS¶
- -s PROPERTY, --sort-key PROPERTY
- Set the data sorting key. Defaults sorting the first column
- -f PROPERTY1,PROPERTY2,..., --fields PROPERTY1,PROPERTY2,...
- Set the visibility of properties in output
PROPERTY NAMES¶
OS¶
Valid property names for the "os" type are:
PLATFORM¶
Valid property names for the "platform" type are:
DEVICE¶
Valid property names for the "device" type are:
DEPLOYMENT¶
Valid property names for the "deployment" type are:
- id
- The deployment identifier
EXIT STATUS¶
The exit status will be 0 if matching entries were found, or 1 if not matches were found
SEE ALSO¶
AUTHORS¶
Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (C) 2012, 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
LICENSE¶
"osinfo-query" is distributed under the termsof the GNU LGPL v2+ license. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
2022-11-30 | libosinfo-1.10.0 |