NAME

       puppet-parser - Interact directly with the parser.

SYNOPSIS

       puppet parser action

OPTIONS

       Note  that  any  setting  that´s  valid  in  the  configuration  file is also a valid long
       argument, although it may or may not be relevant  to  the  present  action.  For  example,
       server  and  run_mode  are  valid  settings,  so you can specify --server <servername>, or
       --run_mode <runmode> as an argument.

       See          the          configuration          file           documentation           at
       https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/configuration.html  for  the full list of acceptable
       parameters. A commented list of all configuration options can also be generated by running
       puppet with --genconfig.

       --render-as FORMAT
              The format in which to render output. The most common formats are json, s (string),
              yaml, and console, but other options such as dot are sometimes available.

       --verbose
              Whether to log verbosely.

       --debug
              Whether to log debug information.

ACTIONS

       •   dump - Outputs a dump of the internal parse tree for debugging: SYNOPSIS

           puppet parser  dump  [--e  source]  [--[no-]validate]  [--format  old,  pn,  or  json]
           [--pretty] [--format old|pn|json] [--pretty] { -e source | [templates ...] }

           DESCRIPTION

           This  action parses and validates the Puppet DSL syntax without compiling a catalog or
           syncing any resources.

           The output format can be controlled using the --format old|pn|json where:

       •   ´old´ is the default, but now deprecated format which is not API.

       •   ´pn´ is the Puppet Extended S-Expression Notation.

       •   ´json´ outputs the same graph as ´pn´ but with JSON syntax.

       The output will be "pretty printed" when  the  option  --pretty  is  given  together  with
       --format ´pn´ or ´json´. This option has no effect on the ´old´ format.

       The  command  accepts  one  or more manifests (.pp) files, or an -e followed by the puppet
       source text. If no arguments are given, the stdin is read (unless  it  is  attached  to  a
       terminal)

       The output format of the dumped tree is intended for debugging purposes and is not API, it
       may change from time to time.

       OPTIONS --e <source> - dump one source expression given on the command line.

       --format <old, pn, or json> - Get result in ´old´ (deprecated format), ´pn´ (new  format),
       or ´json´ (new format in JSON).

       --pretty - Pretty print output. Only applicable together with --format pn or json

       --[no-]validate - Whether or not to validate the parsed result, if no-validate only syntax
       errors are reported

       RETURNS

       A dump of the resulting AST model unless there are syntax or validation errors.

       •   validate - Validate the syntax of one or more Puppet manifests.: SYNOPSIS

           puppet parser validate [manifest] [manifest ...]

           DESCRIPTION

           This action validates Puppet DSL syntax without compiling a  catalog  or  syncing  any
           resources.  If  no  manifest  files  are  provided,  it will validate the default site
           manifest.

           When validating multiple issues per file are reported up to the settings of max_error,
           and  max_warnings.  The  processing  stops  after having reported issues for the first
           encountered file with errors.

           RETURNS

           Nothing, or the first syntax error encountered.

EXAMPLES

       validate

       Validate the default site manifest at /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/manifests/site.pp:

       $ puppet parser validate

       Validate two arbitrary manifest files:

       $ puppet parser validate init.pp vhost.pp

       Validate from STDIN:

       $ cat init.pp | puppet parser validate

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2014 by Puppet Inc. Apache 2 license; see COPYING