NAME

       Facter - Collect and display facts about the system.

SYNOPSIS

       Collect and display facts about the system.

USAGE

       facter [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-p|--puppet] [-v|--version] [-y|--yaml] [-j|--json] [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.

OPTIONS

       yaml:    Emit facts in YAML format.

       json:    Emit facts in JSON format.

       puppet:  Load the Puppet libraries, thus allowing Facter to load Puppet specific (custom) facts

       version: Print the version and exit.

       help:    Print this help message.

       debug:   Enable debugging.

       trace:   Enable backtraces.

       timing:  Enable timing.

EXAMPLE

       facter kernel

AUTHOR

       Luke Kanies

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2012 Puppet Labs, Inc Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license

Puppet Labs, Inc                                 September 2012                                        FACTER(8)