1osinfo-query(1) Libosinfo osinfo-query(1)
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6 osinfo-query - Query information in the database
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9 osinfo-query [OPTIONS...] TYPE [CONDITION-1 [CONDITION-2 ...]]
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12 The "osinfo-query" command allows extraction of information from the
13 database. TYPE can be one of "os", "platform", "device", or
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17 # List all operating systems
18 $ osinfo-query os
19 Short ID | Name ...
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21 centos-6.0 | CentOS 6.0 ...
22 centos-6.1 | CentOS 6.1 ...
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25 Conditions allow filtering based on specific properties of an entity.
26 For example, to filter only distros from the Fedora Project, use
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28 # List all operating systems
29 $ osinfo-query os vendor="Fedora Project"
30 Short ID | Name ...
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32 fedora1 | Fedora Core 1 ...
33 fedora2 | Fedora Core 2 ...
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36 The set of fields which are printed can be controlled using the
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40 $ osinfo-query --fields=short-id,version os vendor="Fedora Project"
41 Short ID | Version
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43 fedora1 | 1
44 fedora2 | 2
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48 -s PROPERTY, --sort-key PROPERTY
49 Set the data sorting key. Defaults sorting the first column
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51 -f PROPERTY1,PROPERTY2,..., --fields PROPERTY1,PROPERTY2,...
52 Set the visibility of properties in output
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141 The exit status will be 0 if matching entries were found, or 1 if not
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145 osinfo-db-validate(1), osinfo-detect(1)
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148 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
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151 Copyright (C) 2012, 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
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154 "osinfo-query" is distributed under the termsof the GNU LGPL v2+
155 license. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
156 There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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