getdev(1M)            UNIX System V(Essential Utilities)             getdev(1M)


NAME
      getdev - lists devices based on criteria

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

DESCRIPTION
      getdev generates a list of devices that match certain criteria.  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 attribute is
                        defined and is equal to value.

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

      attribute:*       Selects all devices which have the attribute attribute
                        defined.

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

                        See the putdev(1M) manual page for a complete 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 generated 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 devices are
                        included in the generated list.)  The flag has no
                        effect if no devices are defined.



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      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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