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NAME
     getdev - lists devices based on criteria

SYNOPSIS
     getdev [-ae] [criteria [...]] [device [...]]

DESCRIPTION
     getdev generates a list of devices that match  certain  cri-
     teria.  The criteria includes a list of attributes (given in
     expressions) and a list  of  devices.   If  no  criteria  is
     given,  all  devices  are included in the list. Devices must
     satisfy at least one of the criteria in the list unless  the
     -a option is used.  Then, only those devices which match all
     of the criteria in a list will be included.   Devices  which
     are defined on the command line and which match the criteria
     are included in the generated list.  However, if the -e flag
     is  used,  the  list becomes a set of devices to be excluded
     from the list.

  Criteria Expression Types
     There are four possible expression types which the  criteria
     specified in the criteria argument may follow:

     attribute=value   Selects all devices whose attribute attri-
                       bute is defined and is equal to value.

     attribute!=value  Selects all devices whose attribute attri-
                       bute is defined and does not equal value.

     attribute:*       Selects all devices which have the  attri-
                       bute attribute defined.

     attribute!:*      Selects all devices which do not have  the
                       attribute attribute defined.

                       See the putdev(1M) manual page for a  com-
                       plete listing and description of available
                       attributes.

  Options and Arguments
     The options and arguments for this command are:

     -a                Specifies that a  device  must  match  all
                       criteria  to  be included in the list gen-
                       erated by this command.  The flag  has  no
                       effect if no criteria are defined.

     -e                Specifies that the list of  devices  which
                       follows  on  the  command  line  should be
                       excluded from the list generated  by  this
                       command.   (Without  the -e the named dev-
                       ices are included in the generated  list.)



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                       The  flag  has no effect if no devices are
                       defined.

     criteria          Defines criteria that a device must  match
                       to  be  included  in  the  generated list.
                       Should be given in expressions.

     device            Defines devices which should  be  included
                       in the generated list. Can be the pathname
                       of the device or the device alias.













































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ERRORS
     The command will exit with one of the following values:

     0 =
       Successful completion of the task.

     1 =
       Command syntax incorrect, invalid option used, or internal
       error occurred.

     2 =
       Device table could not be opened for reading.

FILES
     /etc/device.tab

SEE ALSO
     devattr(1), getdgrp(1), putdev(1), putdgrp(1), getdev(3X).





































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