1ippfind(1) Apple Inc. ippfind(1)
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6 ippfind - find internet printing protocol printers
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9 ippfind [ options ] regtype[,subtype][.domain.] ... [ expression
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11 ippfind [ options ] name[.regtype[.domain.]] ... [ expression
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13 ippfind --help
14 ippfind --version
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17 ippfind finds services registered with a DNS server or available
18 through local devices. Its primary purpose is to find IPP printers and
19 show their URIs, show their current status, or run commands.
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21 REGISTRATION TYPES
22 ippfind supports the following registration types:
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24 _http._tcp
25 HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP, RFC 2616)
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27 _https._tcp
28 Secure HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTPS, RFC 2818)
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30 _ipp._tcp
31 Internet Printing Protocol (IPP, RFC 2911)
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33 _ipps._tcp
34 Secure Internet Printing Protocol (IPPS, draft)
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36 _printer._tcp
37 Line Printer Daemon (LPD, RFC 1179)
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39 EXPRESSIONS
40 ippfind supports expressions much like the find(1) utility. However,
41 unlike find(1), ippfind uses POSIX regular expressions instead of shell
42 filename matching patterns. If --exec, -l, --ls, -p, --print,
43 --print-name, -q, --quiet, -s, or -x is not specified, ippfind adds
44 --print to print the service URI of anything it finds. The following
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47 -d regex
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49 --domain regex
50 True if the domain matches the given regular expression.
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52 --false
53 Always false.
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57 --host regex
58 True is the hostname matches the given regular expression.
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62 --ls Lists attributes returned by Get-Printer-Attributes for IPP print‐
63 ers and traditional find "-ls" output for HTTP URLs. The result
64 is true if the URI is accessible, false otherwise.
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66 --local
67 True if the service is local to this computer.
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69 -N name
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71 --literal-name name
72 True if the service instance name matches the given name.
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74 -n regex
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76 --name regex
77 True if the service instance name matches the given regular
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80 --path regex
81 True if the URI resource path matches the given regular expres‐
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86 --port number[-number]
87 True if the port matches the given number or range.
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92 Prints the URI if the result of previous expressions is true. The
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97 --quiet
98 Quiet mode - just returns the exit codes below.
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102 --remote
103 True if the service is not local to this computer.
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107 --print-name
108 Prints the service instance name if the result of previous expres‐
109 sions is true. The result is always true.
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111 --true
112 Always true.
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116 --txt key
117 True if the TXT record contains the named key.
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119 --txt-key regex
120 True if the TXT record contains the named key and matches the
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123 -u regex
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125 --uri regex
126 True if the URI matches the given regular expression.
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130 --exec utility [ argument ... ] ;
131 Executes the specified program if the current result is true.
132 "{foo}" arguments are replaced with the corresponding value - see
133 SUBSTITUTIONS below.
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135 Expressions may also contain modifiers:
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137 ( expression )
138 Group the result of expressions.
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142 --not expression
143 Unary NOT of the expression.
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147 expression --and expression
148 Logical AND of expressions.
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150 expression --or expression
151 Logical OR of expressions.
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153 SUBSTITUTIONS
154 The substitutions for "{foo}" in -e and --exec are:
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156 {service_domain}
157 Domain name, e.g., "example.com.", "local.", etc.
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159 {service_hostname}
160 Fully-qualified domain name, e.g., "printer.example.com.",
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163 {service_name}
164 Service instance name, e.g., "My Fine Printer".
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166 {service_port}
167 Port number for server, typically 631 for IPP and 80 for HTTP.
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169 {service_regtype}
170 DNS-SD registration type, e.g., "_ipp._tcp", "_http._tcp", etc.
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173 URI scheme for DNS-SD registration type, e.g., "ipp", "http", etc.
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177 {service_uri}
178 URI for service, e.g., "ipp://printer.local./ipp/print",
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181 {txt_key}
182 Value of TXT record key (lowercase).
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185 ippfind supports the following options:
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187 --help
188 Show program help.
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190 --version
191 Show program version.
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193 -4 Use IPv4 when listing.
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195 -6 Use IPv6 when listing.
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197 -T seconds
198 Specify find timeout in seconds. If 1 or less, ippfind stops as
199 soon as it thinks it has found everything. The default timeout is
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202 -V version
203 Specifies the IPP version when listing. Supported values are
204 "1.1", "2.0", "2.1", and "2.2".
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207 ippfind returns 0 if the result for all processed expressions is true,
208 1 if the result of any processed expression is false, 2 if browsing or
209 any query or resolution failed, 3 if an undefined option or invalid
210 expression was specified, and 4 if it ran out of memory.
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213 When executing a program, ippfind sets the following environment vari‐
214 ables for the matching service registration:
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216 IPPFIND_SERVICE_DOMAIN
217 Domain name, e.g., "example.com.", "local.", etc.
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219 IPPFIND_SERVICE_HOSTNAME
220 Fully-qualified domain name, e.g., "printer.example.com.",
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223 IPPFIND_SERVICE_NAME
224 Service instance name, e.g., "My Fine Printer".
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226 IPPFIND_SERVICE_PORT
227 Port number for server, typically 631 for IPP and 80 for HTTP.
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229 IPPFIND_SERVICE_REGTYPE
230 DNS-SD registration type, e.g., "_ipp._tcp", "_http._tcp", etc.
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232 IPPFIND_SERVICE_SCHEME
233 URI scheme for DNS-SD registration type, e.g., "ipp", "http", etc.
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235 IPPFIND_SERVICE_URI
236 URI for service, e.g., "ipp://printer.local./ipp/print",
237 "http://printer.local./", etc.
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239 IPPFIND_TXT_KEY
240 Values of TXT record KEY (uppercase).
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243 To show the status of all registered IPP printers on your network, run:
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245 ippfind --ls
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247 Similarly, to send a PostScript test page to every PostScript printer,
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250 ippfind --txt-pdl application/postscript --exec ipptool
251 -f onepage-letter.ps '{}' print-job.test \;
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254 ipptool(1)
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