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.TH "UDEVADM" "8" "" "eudev" "udevadm"
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.SH "NAME"
udevadm \- udev management tool
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBudevadm\fR\ 'u
\fBudevadm\fR [\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR]
.HP \w'\fBudevadm\ info\ \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\ 'u
\fBudevadm info \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR
.HP \w'\fBudevadm\ trigger\ \fR\fB[options]\fR\ 'u
\fBudevadm trigger \fR\fB[options]\fR
.HP \w'\fBudevadm\ settle\ \fR\fB[options]\fR\ 'u
\fBudevadm settle \fR\fB[options]\fR
.HP \w'\fBudevadm\ control\ \fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR\ 'u
\fBudevadm control \fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR
.HP \w'\fBudevadm\ monitor\ \fR\fB[options]\fR\ 'u
\fBudevadm monitor \fR\fB[options]\fR
.HP \w'\fBudevadm\ hwdb\ \fR\fB[options]\fR\ 'u
\fBudevadm hwdb \fR\fB[options]\fR
.HP \w'\fBudevadm\ test\ \fR\fB[options]\fR\fB\ \fR\fB\fIdevpath\fR\fR\ 'u
\fBudevadm test \fR\fB[options]\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIdevpath\fR\fR
.HP \w'\fBudevadm\ test\-builtin\ \fR\fB[options]\fR\fB\ \fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR\fB\ \fR\fB\fIdevpath\fR\fR\ 'u
\fBudevadm test\-builtin \fR\fB[options]\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIdevpath\fR\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBudevadm\fR
expects a command and command specific options\&. It controls the runtime behavior of
\fBudev\fR, requests kernel events, manages the event queue, and provides simple debugging mechanisms\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
.RS 4
Print debug messages to standard error\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Print version number\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print help text\&.
.RE
.SS "udevadm info [\fIoptions\fR] [\fIdevpath\fR|\fIfile\fR]"
.PP
Queries the udev database for device information stored in the udev database\&. It can also query the properties of a device from its sysfs representation to help creating udev rules that match this device\&.
.PP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-query=\fR\fB\fITYPE\fR\fR
.RS 4
Query the database for the specified type of device data\&. It needs the
\fB\-\-path\fR
or
\fB\-\-name\fR
to identify the specified device\&. Valid
\fITYPE\fRs are:
\fBname\fR,
\fBsymlink\fR,
\fBpath\fR,
\fBproperty\fR,
\fBall\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-path=\fR\fB\fIDEVPATH\fR\fR
.RS 4
The
/sys
path of the device to query, e\&.g\&.
[/sys]/class/block/sda\&. Note that this option usually is not very useful, since
\fBudev\fR
can guess the type of the argument, so
\fBudevadm \-\-devpath=/class/block/sda\fR
is equivalent to
\fBudevadm /sys/class/block/sda\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-name=\fR\fB\fIFILE\fR\fR
.RS 4
The name of the device node or a symlink to query, e\&.g\&.
[/dev]/sda\&. Note that this option usually is not very useful, since
\fBudev\fR
can guess the type of the argument, so
\fBudevadm \-\-name=sda\fR
is equivalent to
\fBudevadm /dev/sda\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR
.RS 4
Print absolute paths in
\fBname\fR
or
\fBsymlink\fR
query\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-attribute\-walk\fR
.RS 4
Print all sysfs properties of the specified device that can be used in udev rules to match the specified device\&. It prints all devices along the chain, up to the root of sysfs that can be used in udev rules\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-export\fR
.RS 4
Print output as key/value pairs\&. Values are enclosed in single quotes\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-export\-prefix=\fR\fB\fINAME\fR\fR
.RS 4
Add a prefix to the key name of exported values\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-device\-id\-of\-file=\fR\fB\fIFILE\fR\fR
.RS 4
Print major/minor numbers of the underlying device, where the file lives on\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-export\-db\fR
.RS 4
Export the content of the udev database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-cleanup\-db\fR
.RS 4
Cleanup the udev database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Print version\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print help text\&.
.RE
.PP
In addition an optional positional argument can be used to specify a device name or a sys path\&. It must start with
/dev
or
/sys
respectively\&.
.SS "udevadm trigger [\fIoptions\fR] [\fIdevpath\fR|\fIfile\fR...]"
.PP
Request device events from the kernel\&. Primarily used to replay events at system coldplug time\&.
.PP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
.RS 4
Print the list of devices which will be triggered\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-dry\-run\fR
.RS 4
Do not actually trigger the event\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-type=\fR\fB\fITYPE\fR\fR
.RS 4
Trigger a specific type of devices\&. Valid types are:
\fBdevices\fR,
\fBsubsystems\fR\&. The default value is
\fBdevices\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-action=\fR\fB\fIACTION\fR\fR
.RS 4
Type of event to be triggered\&. The default value is
\fBchange\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-subsystem\-match=\fR\fB\fISUBSYSTEM\fR\fR
.RS 4
Trigger events for devices which belong to a matching subsystem\&. This option can be specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-subsystem\-nomatch=\fR\fB\fISUBSYSTEM\fR\fR
.RS 4
Do not trigger events for devices which belong to a matching subsystem\&. This option can be specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-attr\-match=\fR\fB\fIATTRIBUTE\fR\fR\fB=\fR\fB\fIVALUE\fR\fR
.RS 4
Trigger events for devices with a matching sysfs attribute\&. If a value is specified along with the attribute name, the content of the attribute is matched against the given value using shell style pattern matching\&. If no value is specified, the existence of the sysfs attribute is checked\&. This option can be specified multiple times\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-attr\-nomatch=\fR\fB\fIATTRIBUTE\fR\fR\fB=\fR\fB\fIVALUE\fR\fR
.RS 4
Do not trigger events for devices with a matching sysfs attribute\&. If a value is specified along with the attribute name, the content of the attribute is matched against the given value using shell style pattern matching\&. If no value is specified, the existence of the sysfs attribute is checked\&. This option can be specified multiple times\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-property\-match=\fR\fB\fIPROPERTY\fR\fR\fB=\fR\fB\fIVALUE\fR\fR
.RS 4
Trigger events for devices with a matching property value\&. This option can be specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-tag\-match=\fR\fB\fIPROPERTY\fR\fR
.RS 4
Trigger events for devices with a matching tag\&. This option can be specified multiple times\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-sysname\-match=\fR\fB\fIPATH\fR\fR
.RS 4
Trigger events for devices with a matching sys device path\&. This option can be specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-name\-match=\fR\fB\fINAME\fR\fR
.RS 4
Trigger events for devices with a matching device path\&. This options can be specified multiple times\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-parent\-match=\fR\fB\fISYSPATH\fR\fR
.RS 4
Trigger events for all children of a given device\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print help text\&.
.RE
.PP
In addition optional positional arguments can be used to specify device names or sys paths\&. They must start with
/dev
or
/sys
respectively\&.
.SS "udevadm settle [\fIoptions\fR]"
.PP
Watches the udev event queue, and exits if all current events are handled\&.
.PP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-timeout=\fR\fB\fISECONDS\fR\fR
.RS 4
Maximum number of seconds to wait for the event queue to become empty\&. The default value is 120 seconds\&. A value of 0 will check if the queue is empty and always return immediately\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-exit\-if\-exists=\fR\fB\fIFILE\fR\fR
.RS 4
Stop waiting if file exists\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print help text\&.
.RE
.SS "udevadm control \fIcommand\fR"
.PP
Modify the internal state of the running udev daemon\&.
.PP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-exit\fR
.RS 4
Signal and wait for udevd to exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-log\-priority=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR
.RS 4
Set the internal log level of
udevd\&. Valid values are the numerical syslog priorities or their textual representations:
\fBemerg\fR,
\fBalert\fR,
\fBcrit\fR,
\fBerr\fR,
\fBwarning\fR,
\fBnotice\fR,
\fBinfo\fR, and
\fBdebug\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-stop\-exec\-queue\fR
.RS 4
Signal udevd to stop executing new events\&. Incoming events will be queued\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-start\-exec\-queue\fR
.RS 4
Signal udevd to enable the execution of events\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-reload\fR
.RS 4
Signal udevd to reload the rules files and other databases like the kernel module index\&. Reloading rules and databases does not apply any changes to already existing devices; the new configuration will only be applied to new events\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-property=\fR\fB\fIKEY\fR\fR\fB=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR
.RS 4
Set a global property for all events\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-children\-max=\fR\fIvalue\fR
.RS 4
Set the maximum number of events, udevd will handle at the same time\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-timeout=\fR\fIseconds\fR
.RS 4
The maximum number of seconds to wait for a reply from udevd\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print help text\&.
.RE
.SS "udevadm monitor [\fIoptions\fR]"
.PP
Listens to the kernel uevents and events sent out by a udev rule and prints the devpath of the event to the console\&. It can be used to analyze the event timing, by comparing the timestamps of the kernel uevent and the udev event\&.
.PP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kernel\fR
.RS 4
Print the kernel uevents\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-udev\fR
.RS 4
Print the udev event after the rule processing\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-property\fR
.RS 4
Also print the properties of the event\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-subsystem\-match=\fR\fB\fIstring[/string]\fR\fR
.RS 4
Filter events by subsystem[/devtype]\&. Only udev events with a matching subsystem value will pass\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tag\-match=\fR\fB\fIstring\fR\fR
.RS 4
Filter events by property\&. Only udev events with a given tag attached will pass\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print help text\&.
.RE
.SS "udevadm hwdb [\fIoptions\fR]"
.PP
Maintain the hardware database index in
/etc/udev/hwdb\&.bin\&.
.PP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-update\fR
.RS 4
Compile the hardware database information located in /usr/lib/udev/hwdb\&.d/, /etc/udev/hwdb\&.d/ and store it in
/etc/udev/hwdb\&.bin\&. This should be done after any update to the source files; it will not be called automatically\&. The running udev daemon will detect a new database on its own and does not need to be notified about it\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test=\fR\fB\fIstring\fR\fR
.RS 4
Query the database with a modalias string, and print the retrieved properties\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-root=\fR\fB\fIstring\fR\fR
.RS 4
Alternative root path in the file system for reading and writing files\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print help text\&.
.RE
.SS "udevadm test [\fIoptions\fR] [\fIdevpath\fR]"
.PP
Simulate a udev event run for the given device, and print debug output\&.
.PP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-action=\fR\fB\fIstring\fR\fR
.RS 4
The action string\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-resolve\-names=\fR\fB\fBearly\fR\fR\fB|\fR\fB\fBlate\fR\fR\fB|\fR\fB\fBnever\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specify when udevadm should resolve names of users and groups\&. When set to
\fBearly\fR
(the default), names will be resolved when the rules are parsed\&. When set to
\fBlate\fR, names will be resolved for every event\&. When set to
\fBnever\fR, names will never be resolved and all devices will be owned by root\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print help text\&.
.RE
.SS "udevadm test\-builtin [\fIoptions\fR] [\fIcommand\fR] [\fIdevpath\fR]"
.PP
Run a built\-in command
\fICOMMAND\fR
for device
\fIDEVPATH\fR, and print debug output\&.
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print help text\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBudev\fR(7),
\fBudevd.service\fR(8)