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NAME

6       genl - generic netlink utility frontend
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SYNOPSIS

9       genl [ -s[tatistics] ] [ -d[etails] ] [ -r[aw] ] OBJECT
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11       genl { -V[ersion] | -h[elp] }
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13       OBJECT := { ctrl CTRL_OPTS }
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15       CTRL_OPTS := { help | list | monitor | get PARMS }
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17       PARMS := { name NAME | id ID }
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DESCRIPTION

20       The  genl  utility  provides  a  simple frontend to the generic netlink
21       library. Although it's designed to support multiple  OBJECTs,  for  now
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28       help   This command just prints a help text for the ctrl object.
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30       list   Show the registered netlink users.
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OPTIONS

39       genl supports the following options.
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SEE ALSO

57       ip(8)
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AUTHOR

60       genl was written by Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>.
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62       This manual page was written by Petr Sabata <contyk@redhat.com>.
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66iproute2                          29 Oct 2015                          GENL(8)