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6 | <refentry id="udevadm"> |
7 | <refentryinfo> | |
225cb03b | 8 | <title>udevadm</title> |
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9 | <productname>systemd</productname> |
10 | <authorgroup> | |
11 | <author> | |
12 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
13 | <firstname>Kay</firstname> | |
14 | <surname>Sievers</surname> | |
15 | <email>kay@vrfy.org</email> | |
16 | </author> | |
17 | </authorgroup> | |
63749b1a | 18 | </refentryinfo> |
225cb03b | 19 | |
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20 | <refmeta> |
21 | <refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle> | |
22 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> | |
23 | <refmiscinfo class="version"></refmiscinfo> | |
24 | </refmeta> | |
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26 | <refnamediv> |
27 | <refname>udevadm</refname><refpurpose>udev management tool</refpurpose> | |
28 | </refnamediv> | |
225cb03b | 29 | |
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30 | <refsynopsisdiv> |
31 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
32 | <command>udevadm</command> | |
33 | <arg><option>--debug</option></arg> | |
34 | <arg><option>--version</option></arg> | |
35 | <arg><option>--help</option></arg> | |
36 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
37 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
38 | <command>udevadm info <replaceable>options</replaceable></command> | |
39 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
40 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
41 | <command>udevadm trigger <optional>options</optional></command> | |
42 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
43 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
44 | <command>udevadm settle <optional>options</optional></command> | |
45 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
46 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
47 | <command>udevadm control <replaceable>command</replaceable></command> | |
48 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
49 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
50 | <command>udevadm monitor <optional>options</optional></command> | |
51 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
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52 | <cmdsynopsis> |
53 | <command>udevadm hwdb <optional>options</optional></command> | |
54 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
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55 | <cmdsynopsis> |
56 | <command>udevadm test <optional>options</optional> <replaceable>devpath</replaceable></command> | |
57 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
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58 | <cmdsynopsis> |
59 | <command>udevadm test-builtin <optional>options</optional> <replaceable>command</replaceable> <replaceable>devpath</replaceable></command> | |
60 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
63749b1a | 61 | </refsynopsisdiv> |
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63 | <refsect1><title>Description</title> |
64 | <para>udevadm expects a command and command specific options. It | |
65 | controls the runtime behavior of udev, requests kernel events, | |
66 | manages the event queue, and provides simple debugging mechanisms.</para> | |
67 | </refsect1> | |
225cb03b | 68 | |
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69 | <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title> |
70 | <variablelist> | |
71 | <varlistentry> | |
72 | <term><option>--debug</option></term> | |
73 | <listitem> | |
74 | <para>Print debug messages to stderr.</para> | |
75 | </listitem> | |
76 | </varlistentry> | |
77 | <varlistentry> | |
78 | <term><option>--version</option></term> | |
79 | <listitem> | |
80 | <para>Print version number.</para> | |
81 | </listitem> | |
82 | </varlistentry> | |
83 | <varlistentry> | |
84 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
85 | <listitem> | |
86 | <para>Print help text.</para> | |
87 | </listitem> | |
88 | </varlistentry> | |
89 | </variablelist> | |
225cb03b | 90 | |
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91 | <refsect2><title>udevadm info <replaceable>options</replaceable></title> |
92 | <para>Queries the udev database for device information | |
93 | stored in the udev database. It can also query the properties | |
94 | of a device from its sysfs representation to help creating udev | |
95 | rules that match this device.</para> | |
96 | <variablelist> | |
97 | <varlistentry> | |
98 | <term><option>--query=<replaceable>type</replaceable></option></term> | |
99 | <listitem> | |
100 | <para>Query the database for specified type of device data. It needs the | |
101 | <option>--path</option> or <option>--name</option> to identify the specified | |
102 | device. Valid queries are: | |
103 | <command>name</command>, <command>symlink</command>, <command>path</command>, | |
104 | <command>property</command>, <command>all</command>.</para> | |
105 | </listitem> | |
106 | </varlistentry> | |
107 | <varlistentry> | |
108 | <term><option>--path=<replaceable>devpath</replaceable></option></term> | |
109 | <listitem> | |
110 | <para>The devpath of the device to query.</para> | |
111 | </listitem> | |
112 | </varlistentry> | |
113 | <varlistentry> | |
114 | <term><option>--name=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term> | |
115 | <listitem> | |
116 | <para>The name of the device node or a symlink to query</para> | |
117 | </listitem> | |
118 | </varlistentry> | |
119 | <varlistentry> | |
120 | <term><option>--root</option></term> | |
121 | <listitem> | |
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122 | <para>Print absolute paths in <command>name</command> or <command>symlink</command> |
123 | query.</para> | |
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124 | </listitem> |
125 | </varlistentry> | |
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126 | <varlistentry> |
127 | <term><option>--attribute-walk</option></term> | |
128 | <listitem> | |
129 | <para>Print all sysfs properties of the specified device that can be used | |
130 | in udev rules to match the specified device. It prints all devices | |
131 | along the chain, up to the root of sysfs that can be used in udev rules.</para> | |
132 | </listitem> | |
133 | </varlistentry> | |
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134 | <varlistentry> |
135 | <term><option>--export</option></term> | |
136 | <listitem> | |
137 | <para>Print output as key/value pairs. Values are enclosed in single quotes.</para> | |
138 | </listitem> | |
139 | </varlistentry> | |
140 | <varlistentry> | |
141 | <term><option>--export-prefix=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term> | |
142 | <listitem> | |
143 | <para>Add a prefix to the key name of exported values.</para> | |
144 | </listitem> | |
145 | </varlistentry> | |
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146 | <varlistentry> |
147 | <term><option>--device-id-of-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term> | |
148 | <listitem> | |
149 | <para>Print major/minor numbers of the underlying device, where the file | |
150 | lives on.</para> | |
151 | </listitem> | |
152 | </varlistentry> | |
153 | <varlistentry> | |
154 | <term><option>--export-db</option></term> | |
155 | <listitem> | |
156 | <para>Export the content of the udev database.</para> | |
157 | </listitem> | |
158 | </varlistentry> | |
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159 | <varlistentry> |
160 | <term><option>--cleanup-db</option></term> | |
161 | <listitem> | |
162 | <para>Cleanup the udev database.</para> | |
163 | </listitem> | |
164 | </varlistentry> | |
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165 | <varlistentry> |
166 | <term><option>--version</option></term> | |
167 | <listitem> | |
168 | <para>Print version.</para> | |
169 | </listitem> | |
170 | </varlistentry> | |
171 | <varlistentry> | |
172 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
173 | <listitem> | |
174 | <para>Print help text.</para> | |
175 | </listitem> | |
176 | </varlistentry> | |
177 | </variablelist> | |
178 | </refsect2> | |
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180 | <refsect2><title>udevadm trigger <optional>options</optional></title> |
181 | <para>Request device events from the kernel. Primarily used to replay events at system coldplug time.</para> | |
182 | <variablelist> | |
183 | <varlistentry> | |
184 | <term><option>--verbose</option></term> | |
185 | <listitem> | |
186 | <para>Print the list of devices which will be triggered.</para> | |
187 | </listitem> | |
188 | </varlistentry> | |
189 | <varlistentry> | |
190 | <term><option>--dry-run</option></term> | |
191 | <listitem> | |
192 | <para>Do not actually trigger the event.</para> | |
193 | </listitem> | |
194 | </varlistentry> | |
195 | <varlistentry> | |
196 | <term><option>--type=<replaceable>type</replaceable></option></term> | |
197 | <listitem> | |
198 | <para>Trigger a specific type of devices. Valid types are: | |
864fde8a | 199 | <command>devices</command>, <command>subsystems</command>. |
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200 | The default value is <command>devices</command>.</para> |
201 | </listitem> | |
202 | </varlistentry> | |
203 | <varlistentry> | |
204 | <term><option>--action=<replaceable>action</replaceable></option></term> | |
205 | <listitem> | |
206 | <para>Type of event to be triggered. The default value is <command>change</command>.</para> | |
207 | </listitem> | |
208 | </varlistentry> | |
209 | <varlistentry> | |
210 | <term><option>--subsystem-match=<replaceable>subsystem</replaceable></option></term> | |
211 | <listitem> | |
212 | <para>Trigger events for devices which belong to a matching subsystem. This option | |
213 | can be specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> | |
214 | </listitem> | |
215 | </varlistentry> | |
216 | <varlistentry> | |
217 | <term><option>--subsystem-nomatch=<replaceable>subsystem</replaceable></option></term> | |
218 | <listitem> | |
219 | <para>Do not trigger events for devices which belong to a matching subsystem. This option | |
220 | can be specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> | |
221 | </listitem> | |
222 | </varlistentry> | |
223 | <varlistentry> | |
224 | <term><option>--attr-match=<replaceable>attribute</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> | |
225 | <listitem> | |
226 | <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching sysfs attribute. If a value is specified | |
227 | along with the attribute name, the content of the attribute is matched against the given | |
228 | value using shell style pattern matching. If no value is specified, the existence of the | |
229 | sysfs attribute is checked. This option can be specified multiple times.</para> | |
230 | </listitem> | |
231 | </varlistentry> | |
232 | <varlistentry> | |
233 | <term><option>--attr-nomatch=<replaceable>attribute</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> | |
234 | <listitem> | |
235 | <para>Do not trigger events for devices with a matching sysfs attribute. If a value is | |
236 | specified along with the attribute name, the content of the attribute is matched against | |
237 | the given value using shell style pattern matching. If no value is specified, the existence | |
238 | of the sysfs attribute is checked. This option can be specified multiple times.</para> | |
239 | </listitem> | |
240 | </varlistentry> | |
241 | <varlistentry> | |
242 | <term><option>--property-match=<replaceable>property</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> | |
243 | <listitem> | |
244 | <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching property value. This option can be | |
245 | specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> | |
246 | </listitem> | |
247 | </varlistentry> | |
248 | <varlistentry> | |
249 | <term><option>--tag-match=<replaceable>property</replaceable></option></term> | |
250 | <listitem> | |
251 | <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching tag. This option can be | |
252 | specified multiple times.</para> | |
253 | </listitem> | |
254 | </varlistentry> | |
255 | <varlistentry> | |
256 | <term><option>--sysname-match=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term> | |
257 | <listitem> | |
258 | <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching sys device name. This option can be | |
259 | specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> | |
260 | </listitem> | |
261 | </varlistentry> | |
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262 | <varlistentry> |
263 | <term><option>--parent-match=<replaceable>syspath</replaceable></option></term> | |
264 | <listitem> | |
265 | <para>Trigger events for all children of a given device.</para> | |
266 | </listitem> | |
267 | </varlistentry> | |
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268 | </variablelist> |
269 | </refsect2> | |
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271 | <refsect2><title>udevadm settle <optional>options</optional></title> |
272 | <para>Watches the udev event queue, and exits if all current events are handled.</para> | |
273 | <variablelist> | |
274 | <varlistentry> | |
275 | <term><option>--timeout=<replaceable>seconds</replaceable></option></term> | |
276 | <listitem> | |
277 | <para>Maximum number of seconds to wait for the event queue to become empty. | |
d2f4a346 | 278 | The default value is 120 seconds. A value of 0 will check if the queue is empty |
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279 | and always return immediately.</para> |
280 | </listitem> | |
281 | </varlistentry> | |
282 | <varlistentry> | |
283 | <term><option>--seq-start=<replaceable>seqnum</replaceable></option></term> | |
284 | <listitem> | |
285 | <para>Wait only for events after the given sequence number.</para> | |
286 | </listitem> | |
287 | </varlistentry> | |
288 | <varlistentry> | |
289 | <term><option>--seq-end=<replaceable>seqnum</replaceable></option></term> | |
290 | <listitem> | |
291 | <para>Wait only for events before the given sequence number.</para> | |
292 | </listitem> | |
293 | </varlistentry> | |
294 | <varlistentry> | |
295 | <term><option>--exit-if-exists=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term> | |
296 | <listitem> | |
297 | <para>Stop waiting if file exists.</para> | |
298 | </listitem> | |
299 | </varlistentry> | |
300 | <varlistentry> | |
301 | <term><option>--quiet</option></term> | |
302 | <listitem> | |
303 | <para>Do not print any output, like the remaining queue entries when reaching the timeout.</para> | |
304 | </listitem> | |
305 | </varlistentry> | |
306 | <varlistentry> | |
307 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
308 | <listitem> | |
309 | <para>Print help text.</para> | |
310 | </listitem> | |
311 | </varlistentry> | |
312 | </variablelist> | |
313 | </refsect2> | |
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315 | <refsect2><title>udevadm control <replaceable>command</replaceable></title> |
316 | <para>Modify the internal state of the running udev daemon.</para> | |
317 | <variablelist> | |
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318 | <varlistentry> |
319 | <term><option>--exit</option></term> | |
320 | <listitem> | |
f13b388f | 321 | <para>Signal and wait for systemd-udevd to exit.</para> |
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322 | </listitem> |
323 | </varlistentry> | |
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324 | <varlistentry> |
325 | <term><option>--log-priority=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> | |
326 | <listitem> | |
f13b388f | 327 | <para>Set the internal log level of systemd-udevd. Valid values are the numerical |
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328 | syslog priorities or their textual representations: <option>err</option>, |
329 | <option>info</option> and <option>debug</option>.</para> | |
330 | </listitem> | |
331 | </varlistentry> | |
332 | <varlistentry> | |
333 | <term><option>--stop-exec-queue</option></term> | |
334 | <listitem> | |
f13b388f | 335 | <para>Signal systemd-udevd to stop executing new events. Incoming events |
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336 | will be queued.</para> |
337 | </listitem> | |
338 | </varlistentry> | |
339 | <varlistentry> | |
340 | <term><option>--start-exec-queue</option></term> | |
341 | <listitem> | |
f13b388f | 342 | <para>Signal systemd-udevd to enable the execution of events.</para> |
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343 | </listitem> |
344 | </varlistentry> | |
345 | <varlistentry> | |
7c85d636 | 346 | <term><option>--reload</option></term> |
63749b1a | 347 | <listitem> |
f13b388f | 348 | <para>Signal systemd-udevd to reload the rules files and other databases like the kernel |
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349 | module index. Reloading rules and databases does not apply any changes to already |
350 | existing devices; the new configuration will only be applied to new events.</para> | |
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351 | </listitem> |
352 | </varlistentry> | |
353 | <varlistentry> | |
354 | <term><option>--property=<replaceable>KEY</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> | |
355 | <listitem> | |
356 | <para>Set a global property for all events.</para> | |
357 | </listitem> | |
358 | </varlistentry> | |
359 | <varlistentry> | |
87d55ff6 | 360 | <term><option>--children-max=</option><replaceable>value</replaceable></term> |
63749b1a | 361 | <listitem> |
f13b388f | 362 | <para>Set the maximum number of events, systemd-udevd will handle at the |
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363 | same time.</para> |
364 | </listitem> | |
365 | </varlistentry> | |
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366 | <varlistentry> |
367 | <term><option>--timeout=</option><replaceable>seconds</replaceable></term> | |
368 | <listitem> | |
7e505069 | 369 | <para>The maximum number of seconds to wait for a reply from systemd-udevd.</para> |
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370 | </listitem> |
371 | </varlistentry> | |
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372 | <varlistentry> |
373 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
374 | <listitem> | |
375 | <para>Print help text.</para> | |
376 | </listitem> | |
377 | </varlistentry> | |
378 | </variablelist> | |
379 | </refsect2> | |
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381 | <refsect2><title>udevadm monitor <optional>options</optional></title> |
382 | <para>Listens to the kernel uevents and events sent out by a udev rule | |
383 | and prints the devpath of the event to the console. It can be used to analyze the | |
384 | event timing, by comparing the timestamps of the kernel uevent and the udev event. | |
385 | </para> | |
386 | <variablelist> | |
387 | <varlistentry> | |
388 | <term><option>--kernel</option></term> | |
389 | <listitem> | |
390 | <para>Print the kernel uevents.</para> | |
391 | </listitem> | |
392 | </varlistentry> | |
393 | <varlistentry> | |
394 | <term><option>--udev</option></term> | |
395 | <listitem> | |
396 | <para>Print the udev event after the rule processing.</para> | |
397 | </listitem> | |
398 | </varlistentry> | |
399 | <varlistentry> | |
400 | <term><option>--property</option></term> | |
401 | <listitem> | |
402 | <para>Also print the properties of the event.</para> | |
403 | </listitem> | |
404 | </varlistentry> | |
405 | <varlistentry> | |
406 | <term><option>--subsystem-match=<replaceable>string[/string]</replaceable></option></term> | |
407 | <listitem> | |
408 | <para>Filter events by subsystem[/devtype]. Only udev events with a matching subsystem value will pass.</para> | |
409 | </listitem> | |
410 | </varlistentry> | |
411 | <varlistentry> | |
412 | <term><option>--tag-match=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> | |
413 | <listitem> | |
414 | <para>Filter events by property. Only udev events with a given tag attached will pass.</para> | |
415 | </listitem> | |
416 | </varlistentry> | |
417 | <varlistentry> | |
418 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
419 | <listitem> | |
420 | <para>Print help text.</para> | |
421 | </listitem> | |
422 | </varlistentry> | |
423 | </variablelist> | |
424 | </refsect2> | |
225cb03b | 425 | |
1ada30ac | 426 | <refsect2><title>udevadm hwdb <optional>options</optional></title> |
1e1954f5 | 427 | <para>Maintain the hardware database index in <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</filename>.</para> |
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428 | <variablelist> |
429 | <varlistentry> | |
430 | <term><option>--update</option></term> | |
431 | <listitem> | |
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432 | <para>Compile the hardware database information located in /usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d/, |
433 | /etc/udev/hwdb.d/ and store it in <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</filename>. This should be done after | |
434 | any update to the source files; it will not be called automatically. The running | |
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435 | udev daemon will detect a new database on its own and does not need to be |
436 | notified about it.</para> | |
437 | </listitem> | |
438 | </varlistentry> | |
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439 | <varlistentry> |
440 | <term><option>--test=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> | |
441 | <listitem> | |
442 | <para>Query the database with a modalias string, and print the | |
443 | retrieved properties.</para> | |
444 | </listitem> | |
445 | </varlistentry> | |
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446 | <varlistentry> |
447 | <term><option>--root=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> | |
448 | <listitem> | |
449 | <para>Alternative root path in the filesystem for reading and writing files.</para> | |
450 | </listitem> | |
451 | </varlistentry> | |
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452 | </variablelist> |
453 | </refsect2> | |
454 | ||
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455 | <refsect2><title>udevadm test <optional>options</optional> <replaceable>devpath</replaceable></title> |
456 | <para>Simulate a udev event run for the given device, and print debug output.</para> | |
457 | <variablelist> | |
458 | <varlistentry> | |
459 | <term><option>--action=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> | |
460 | <listitem> | |
461 | <para>The action string.</para> | |
462 | </listitem> | |
463 | </varlistentry> | |
464 | <varlistentry> | |
465 | <term><option>--subsystem=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> | |
466 | <listitem> | |
467 | <para>The subsystem string.</para> | |
468 | </listitem> | |
469 | </varlistentry> | |
470 | <varlistentry> | |
471 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
472 | <listitem> | |
473 | <para>Print help text.</para> | |
474 | </listitem> | |
475 | </varlistentry> | |
476 | </variablelist> | |
477 | </refsect2> | |
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478 | |
479 | <refsect2><title>udevadm test-builtin <optional>options</optional> <replaceable>command</replaceable> <replaceable>devpath</replaceable></title> | |
480 | <para>Run a built-in command for the given device, and print debug output.</para> | |
481 | <variablelist> | |
482 | <varlistentry> | |
483 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
484 | <listitem> | |
485 | <para>Print help text.</para> | |
486 | </listitem> | |
487 | </varlistentry> | |
488 | </variablelist> | |
489 | </refsect2> | |
63749b1a | 490 | </refsect1> |
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492 | <refsect1> |
493 | <title>See Also</title> | |
494 | <para><citerefentry> | |
495 | <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum> | |
496 | </citerefentry> | |
497 | <citerefentry> | |
b79f817b | 498 | <refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> |
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499 | </citerefentry></para> |
500 | </refsect1> | |
501 | </refentry> |