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facter(8) -- Gather system information ====== SYNOPSIS -------- Collect and display facts about the system. USAGE ----- facter [-h|--help] [-t|--timing] [-d|--debug] [-p|--puppet] [-v|--version] [-y|--yaml] [-j|--json] [--plaintext] [--external-dir DIR] [--no-external-dir] [fact] [fact] [...] DESCRIPTION ----------- Collect and display facts about the current system. The library behind Facter is easy to expand, making Facter an easy way to collect information about a system from within the shell or within Ruby. If no facts are specifically asked for, then all facts will be returned. EXAMPLE ------- Display all facts: $ facter architecture => amd64 blockdevices => sda,sr0 domain => example.com fqdn => puppet.example.com hardwaremodel => x86_64 [...] Display a single fact: $ facter kernel Linux Format facts as JSON: $ facter --json architecture kernel hardwaremodel { "architecture": "amd64", "kernel": "Linux", "hardwaremodel": "x86_64" } AUTHOR ------ Luke Kanies COPYRIGHT --------- Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Puppet Labs, Inc Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license OPTIONS ------- -y, --yaml Emit facts in YAML format. -j, --json Emit facts in JSON format. --plaintext Emit facts in plaintext format. --trace Enable backtraces. --external-dir DIR The directory to use for external facts. --no-external-dir Turn off external facts. -d, --debug Enable debugging. -t, --timing Enable timing. -p, --puppet (Deprecated: use `puppet facts` instead) Load the Puppet libraries, thus allowing Facter to load Puppet-specific facts. -v, --version Print the version and exit. -h, --help Print this help message.