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2BPFTOOL
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4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF programs and maps
6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7
8:Manual section: 8
9
10SYNOPSIS
11========
12
13	**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] *OBJECT* { *COMMAND* | **help** }
14
15	**bpftool** **batch file** *FILE*
16
17	**bpftool** **version**
18
19	*OBJECT* := { **map** | **program** | **cgroup** | **perf** | **net** | **feature** }
20
21	*OPTIONS* := { { **-V** | **--version** } |
22		{ **-j** | **--json** } [{ **-p** | **--pretty** }] | { **-d** | **--debug** } }
23
24	*MAP-COMMANDS* :=
25	{ **show** | **list** | **create** | **dump** | **update** | **lookup** | **getnext** |
26		**delete** | **pin** | **event_pipe** | **help** }
27
28	*PROG-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **dump jited** | **dump xlated** | **pin** |
29		**load** | **attach** | **detach** | **help** }
30
31	*CGROUP-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **attach** | **detach** | **help** }
32
33	*PERF-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **help** }
34
35	*NET-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **help** }
36
37	*FEATURE-COMMANDS* := { **probe** | **help** }
38
39DESCRIPTION
40===========
41	*bpftool* allows for inspection and simple modification of BPF objects
42	on the system.
43
44	Note that format of the output of all tools is not guaranteed to be
45	stable and should not be depended upon.
46
47OPTIONS
48=======
49	.. include:: common_options.rst
50
51	-m, --mapcompat
52		  Allow loading maps with unknown map definitions.
53
54	-n, --nomount
55		  Do not automatically attempt to mount any virtual file system
56		  (such as tracefs or BPF virtual file system) when necessary.
57