FACTER(8)

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