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.TH HAL-FIND 8 "Aug 22, 2006"
.SH NAME
hal-find, hal-find-by-capability, hal-find-by-property \- search HAL global
device list
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBhal-find-by-capability\fR \fB--capability\fR \fIcapability\fR [\fB--help\fR]
 [\fB--verbose\fR] [\fB--version\fR]
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBhal-find-by-property\fR  \fB--key\fR \fIkey\fR \fB--string\fR \fIvalue\fR [\fB--help\fR]
 [\fB--verbose\fR] [\fB--version\fR]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBhal-find\fR commands, \fBhal-find-by-capability\fR and
\fBhal-find-by-property\fR, search the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) device
list by specified criteria and displays results on the standard output.
\fBhal-find-by-capability\fR searches by capability, such as \fBvolume\fR or
\fBblock\fR. \fBhal-find-by-property\fR searches by property, such as
\fBblock.is_volume\fR or \fBvolume.disc.has_audio\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB--capability\fR \fIcapability\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
HAL device capability to search for.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB--help\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
Display list of options.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB--key\fR \fIkey\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
The \fIkey\fR to the property that is the basis of the search.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB--string\fR \fIvalue\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
The string \fIvalue\fR associated with the property that is the basis of the
search.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB--verbose\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
Verbose mode.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB--version\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
Display version and exit.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Volatile
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR attributes (7),
.BR hal (7),
.BR hald (8)