osinfo-query

Section: Libosinfo (1)
Updated: 2021-02-02
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NAME

osinfo-query - Query information in the database

SYNOPSIS

osinfo-query [OPTIONS...] TYPE [CONDITION-1 [CONDITION-2 ...]]

DESCRIPTION

The "osinfo-query" command allows extraction of information from the database. TYPE can be one of "os", "platform", "device", or "deployment". With no conditions specified, all entities of the given type will be listed.

  # List all operating systems
  $ osinfo-query os
   Short ID             | Name       ...
  ----------------------+-----------
   centos-6.0           | CentOS 6.0 ...
   centos-6.1           | CentOS 6.1 ...
   ...

Conditions allow filtering based on specific properties of an entity. For example, to filter only distros from the Fedora Project, use

  # List all operating systems
  $ osinfo-query os vendor="Fedora Project"
   Short ID             | Name          ...
  ----------------------+--------------
   fedora1              | Fedora Core 1 ...
   fedora2              | Fedora Core 2 ...
   ...

The set of fields which are printed can be controlled using the --fields command line argument:

  # List all operating systems
  $ osinfo-query --fields=short-id,version os vendor="Fedora Project"
   Short ID             | Version
  ----------------------+----------
   fedora1              | 1
   fedora2              | 2
   ...

OPTIONS

-s PROPERTY, --sort-key PROPERTY: Set the data sorting key. Defaults sorting the first column
-f PROPERTY1,PROPERTY2,..., --fields PROPERTY1,PROPERTY2,...: Set the visibility of properties in output

PROPERTY NAMES

OS

Valid property names for the "os" type are:

short-id: The short OS identifier
name: The long OS name
version: The OS version string
family: The OS kernel family
vendor: The OS vendor
release-date: The OS release date
eol-date: The OS end-of-life date
codename: The OS code name
id: The OS identifier

PLATFORM

Valid property names for the "platform" type are:

short-id: The short platform identifier
name: The long platform name
version: The platform version string
vendor: The platform vendor
release-date: The platform release date
eol-date: The platform end-of-life date
codename: The platform code name
id: The platform identifier

DEVICE

Valid property names for the "device" type are:

name: The device name
product: The device product name
product-id: The device product ID string
vendor: The device vendor name
vendor-id: The device vendor ID string
class: The device type class
bus: The device bus type
id: The device identifier

DEPLOYMENT

Valid property names for the "deployment" type are:

id: The deployment identifier

EXIT STATUS

The exit status will be 0 if matching entries were found, or 1 if not matches were found

AUTHORS

Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

COPYRIGHT

LICENSE

"osinfo-query" is distributed under the termsof the GNU LGPL v2+ license. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE