NAME

       list-desktop-profiles - list known profiles that meet given criteria

SYNOPSIS

       list-desktop-profiles [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       As  the  number  of  .listing  files  holding  metadata  grows,  trying  to  find  out which profiles are
       present/meet certain criteria becomes increasingly unpleasant. This script remedies that allowing you  to
       just list your criteria, and outputting all profiles meeting those criteria.

       By default it will just output the lines from the .listing files for each (matching) profile, but you can
       specifying a formatstring to fancy up the output.

OPTIONS

       -n <regexp>, --name <regexp>

              Limit shown profiles to those for which the name (1st) field  of  the  profile  description  needs
              matches the given regular expression.

       -k <regexp>, --kind <regexp>

              Limit  shown  profiles  to  those  for which the kind (2nd) field of the profile description needs
              matches the given regular expression.

       -l <regexp>, --location <regexp>

              Limit shown profiles to those for which the location (3th) field of the profile description  needs
              matches the given regular expression.

       -p <comparison>, --precedence <comparison>

              Limit  shown  profiles  to  those  for which the precedence (4th) field of the profile description
              succeeds the given comparison. In the comparison you can Use 'gt' for  'greater  then',  'lt'  for
              'less  then',  'ge'  for  'greater  then  or equal to', 'le' for 'less then or equal to', 'eq' for
              'equal to', and 'ne' for 'not  equal  to'.  (NOTE:  empty  precedence-field,  is  lowest  possible
              precedence)

       -r <regexp>, --requirement <regexp>

              Limit  shown  profiles  to those for which the requirements (5th) field of the profile description
              needs matches the given regular expression.

       -c <regexp>, --comment <regexp>, --description <regexp>

              Limit shown profiles to those for which the comment (6th) field of the profile  description  needs
              matches the given regular expression.

       -u <username>, --user <username>

              Limit  shown  profiles  to  those  for which the given user meets the requirements. (NOTE: doesn't
              always give correct results! Results might be wrong when using  shell  command  requirements  that
              depend  on  the  users  environment.  Or  when  'group  $USER' gives a different result as 'group'
              executed as $USER, which can happen when adding groups through pam_group).

       -d <dir>, --directory <dir>

              Also use .listing files found in the given directory. This option can be used  multiple  times  to
              add more then 1 additional directory

       -e <formatstring>, --entry-format <formatstring>

              Show  profile  information  according  to the specified format spring (instead of just echoing the
              profile-line). The format string may use the  following  variables:  NAME,  LOCATION,  PRECEDENCE,
              REQUIREMENTS,  KIND, DESCRIPTION, FILE; the first 6 of these refer to the corresponding field, the
              last refers to the .listing file the profile is  in.  (e.g.  '$FILE_$NAME  -  $DESCRIPTION').  Any
              characters that are interpreted specially by the shell should be escaped.

       -s <fieldname>|<fieldnumber>, --sort-key <fieldname>|fieldnumber

              Sort  output  on  the  requested  field  (fieldname  is  one  of name, kind, location, precedence,
              requirements, or description; fieldnumbers run from 1-6).

EXAMPLES

       list-desktop-profiles -k KDE -s precedence -u user1

              List all kde-profiles that will be activated for user1 in order of precedence.

       list-desktop-profiles -k 'KDE\|GCONF'

              List all kde and gnome profiles.

       list-desktop-profiles -p 'gt 50'

              List all profiles with a precedence value greater then 50.

ENVIRONMENT

       NAME_FILTER, LOCATION_FILTER, PRECEDENCE_FILTER, REQUIREMENT_FILTER, KIND_FILTER, DESCRIPTION_FILTER

              Can be used to specify the default regular expressions and comparisons. Default to empty.

       OUR_USER

              Set the user for which the requirements need to be met. Defaults to unset.

       EXTRA_LISTINGS

              Can be used to specify a (space separated) list of extra .listing files to  include.  Defaults  to
              empty

       FORMAT

              Can  be used to specify the default format string. By default it will output the profile-line from
              the .listing file.

       SORT_KEY

              Can be used to specify the default sort-key (= field number). Defaults to 1

FILES

       /etc/desktop-profiles/*.listing - Files containing the metadata about installed profiles

       /etc/default/desktop-profiles - File  containing  default  settings  for  this  script  (by  way  of  the
       environment variables above)

BUGS

       The '-u <username>' is not guaranteed to work correctly for shell command requirements. Particularly this
       will give incorrect results if the shell command depends on some state of the user environment.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Bart Cornelis <cobaco@skolelinux.no>.

SEE ALSO

       desktop-profiles(7), update-profile-cache(1)