File facter.1 of Package facter.3977

.TH FACTER "1" "" "" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
facter \- manual page for facter 
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.SH SYNOPSYS
Collect and display facts about the system.
.SH USAGE
\fB facter\fR [\fI-d|--debug\fR] 
[\fI-h|--help\fR] [\fI-p|--puppet\fR] [\fI-v|--version\fR] [\fI-y|--yaml\fR]
[\fI-j|--json\fR] [\fIfact\fR] [\fIfact\fR] [\fI...\fR]
.SH 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.
.SH OPTIONS
yaml:    Emit facts in YAML format.
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json:    Emit facts in JSON format.
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puppet:  Load the Puppet libraries, thus allowing Facter to load
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         Puppet-specific facts.
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version: Print the version and exit.
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help:    Print this help message.
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debug:   Enable debugging.
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trace:   Enable backtraces.
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timing:  Enable timing.
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.SH AUTHOR
Luke Kanies
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Puppet Labs, Inc Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license