osinfo-query (1)

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NAME

osinfo-query - Query information in the database

SYNOPSIS

osinfo-query [] [ []]

DESCRIPTION

The "osinfo-query" command allows extraction of information from the database. 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:

short-id

The short

OS

identifier

name

The long

OS

name

version

The

OS

version string

family

The

OS

kernel family

vendor

The

OS

vendor

release-date

The

OS

release date

eol-date

The

OS

end-of-life date

codename

The

OS

code name

id

The

OS

identifier

PLATFORM

Valid property names for the "platform" type are:

short-id

The short platform identifier

name

The long platform name

version

The platform version string

vendor

The platform vendor

release-date

The platform release date

eol-date

The platform end-of-life date

codename

The platform code name

id

The platform identifier

DEVICE

Valid property names for the "device" type are:

name

The device name

product

The device product name

product-id

The device product

ID

string

vendor

The device vendor name

vendor-id

The device vendor

ID

string

class

The device type class

bus

The device bus type

id

The device identifier

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

"osinfo-db-validate(1)", "osinfo-detect(1)"

AUTHORS

Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2012, 2014 Red Hat, Inc.

LICENSE

"osinfo-query" is distributed under the termsof the v2+ license. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is warranty; not even for or