NAME

       puppet-parser - Interact directly with the parser.

SYNOPSIS

       puppet parser action

OPTIONS

       Note  that  any  configuration  parameter 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  configuration  parameters, so you can specify
       --server <servername>, or --run_mode <runmode> as an argument.

       See          the          configuration          file           documentation           at
       http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/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

       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.

              RETURNS

              Nothing, or the first syntax error encountered.

EXAMPLES

       validate

       Validate the default site manifest at /etc/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 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING