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NAME

6       hal-find-by-property - find device objects by property matching
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SYNOPSIS

9       hal-find-by-property [options]
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DESCRIPTION

13       hal-get-property  finds  device  object  in  the HAL device database by
14       looking at device properties. For more information about both  the  big
15       picture and specific HAL properties, refer to the HAL spec which can be
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OPTIONS

21       The following options are supported:
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RETURN VALUE

38       If  devices  matching  the  given  property  are found each UDI (Unique
39       Device Identifier) is printed on stdout and the program exits with exit
40       code  0. If no devices are found or an error occured, the program exits
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BUGS

45       Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the  HAL  mailing
46       list,  see  http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal on how to
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SEE ALSO

51       hald(8), lshal(1), hal-set-property(1), hal-get-property(1),  hal-find-
52       by-capability(1), dbus-send(1)
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AUTHOR

56       Written  by David Zeuthen <david@fubar.dk> with a lot of help from many
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