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NAME

       facter - Gather system information

SYNOPSIS

       Collect and display facts about the system.

USAGE

       facter [-h|--help] [-t|--timing] [-d|--debug] [-p|--puppet] [-v|--version]
         [-y|--yaml] [-j|--json] [--plaintext] [--external-dir DIR] [--no-external-dir]
         [fact] [fact] [...]

DESCRIPTION

       Collect  and  display facts about the current system. The library behind Facter is easy to
       expand, making Facter an easy way to collect information about a system  from  within  the
       shell or within Ruby.

       If no facts are specifically asked for, then all facts will be returned.

EXAMPLE

       Display all facts:

           $ facter
           architecture => amd64
           blockdevices => sda,sr0
           domain => example.com
           fqdn => puppet.example.com
           hardwaremodel => x86_64
           [...]

       Display a single fact:

           $ facter kernel
           Linux

       Format facts as JSON:

           $ facter --json architecture kernel hardwaremodel
           {
             "architecture": "amd64",
             "kernel": "Linux",
             "hardwaremodel": "x86_64"
           }

AUTHOR

       Luke Kanies

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Puppet Labs, Inc Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license

OPTIONS

       -y, --yaml                       Emit facts in YAML format.
       -j, --json                       Emit facts in JSON format.
           --plaintext                  Emit facts in plaintext format.
           --trace                      Enable backtraces.
           --external-dir DIR           The directory to use for external facts.
           --no-external-dir            Turn off external facts.
       -d, --debug                      Enable debugging.
       -t, --timing                     Enable timing.
       -p, --puppet                     Load the Puppet libraries, thus allowing Facter to load Puppet-specific facts.
       -v, --version                    Print the version and exit.
       -h, --help                       Print this help message.

                                          February 2014                                 FACTER(8)