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NAME

       augtool - inspect and modify configuration files

SYNOPSIS

       augtool [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

       Augeas is a configuration editing tool. It parses configuration files
       in their native formats and transforms them into a tree. Configuration
       changes are made by manipulating this tree and saving it back into
       native config files.

       augtool provides a command line interface to the generated tree.
       COMMAND can be a single command as described under "COMMANDS". When
       called with no COMMAND, it reads commands from standard input until an
       end-of-file is encountered.

OPTIONS

       -c  Typecheck lenses. This can be very slow, and is therefore not done
           by default, but is highly recommended during development.

       -b  When files are changed, preserve the originals in a file with
           extension ’.augsave’

       -n  Save changes in files with extension ’.augnew’, do not modify the
           original files

       -r ROOT
           Use directory ROOT as the root of the filesystem. Takes precedence
           over a root set with the AUGEAS_ROOT environment variable.

       -I DIR
           Add DIR to the module loadpath. Can be given multiple times. The
           directories set here are searched before any directories specified
           in the AUGEAS_LENS_LIB environment variable, and before the default
           directory /usr/share/augeas/lenses.

       -e  When reading commands from a file via stdin, echo the commands
           before printing their output.

       --nostdinc
           Do not search any of the default directories for modules. When this
           option is set, only directories specified explicitly with -I or
           specified in AUGEAS_LENS_LIB will be searched for modules.

       --noload
           Do not load any files on startup. This is generally used to fine-
           tune which files to load by modifying the entries in "/augeas/load"
           and then issuing a "load" command.

       --noautoload
           Do not load any lens modules, and therefore no files, on startup.
           This creates no entries under "/augeas/load" whatsoever; to read
           any files, they need to be set up manually and loading must be
           initiated with a "load" command. Using this option gives the
           fastest startup.

       --version
           Print version information and exit. The version is also in the tree
           under "/augeas/version".

COMMANDS

       In interactive mode, commands and paths can be completed by pressing
       "TAB".

       The paths accepted as arguments by commands use a small subset of XPath
       path expressions. A path expression consists of a number of segments,
       separated by "/". In each segment, the character "*" can be used to
       match every node regardless of its label. Sibling nodes with identical
       labels can be distinguished by appending "[N]" to their label to match
       the N-th sibling with such a label. The last sibling with a specific
       label can be reached as "[last()]". See "EXAMPLES" for some examples of
       this.

       exit, quit
           Exit the program

       ls <PATH>
           List the direct children of PATH

       match <PATTERN> [<VALUE>]
           Find all paths that match PATTERN. If VALUE is given, only the
           matching paths whose value equals VALUE are printed

       rm <PATH>
           Delete PATH and all its children from the tree

       mv <SRC> <DST>
           Move node SRC to DST. SRC must match exactly one node in the tree.
           DST must either match exactly one node in the tree, or may not
           exist yet. If DST exists already, it and all its descendants are
           deleted. If DST does not exist yet, it and all its missing
           ancestors are created.

       set <PATH> <VALUE>
           Associate VALUE with PATH. If PATH is not in the tree yet, it and
           all its ancestors will be created.

       clear <PATH>
           Set the value for PATH to NULL. If PATH is not in the tree yet, it
           and all its ancestors will be created.

       get <PATH>
           Print the value associated with PATH

       print [<PATH>]
           Print entries in the tree. If PATH is given, printing starts there,
           otherwise the whole tree is printed

       ins <LABEL> <WHERE> <PATH>
           Insert a new node with label LABEL right before or after PATH into
           the tree. WHERE must be either ’before’ or ’after’.

       save
           Save all pending changes to disk. Unless either the -b or -n
           command line options are given, files are changed in place.

       load
           Load files accordig to the transforms in "/augeas/load".

       defvar <NAME> <EXPR>
           Define the variable NAME to the result of evalutating EXPR. The
           variable can be used in path expressions as $NAME. Note that EXPR
           is evaluated when the variable is defined, not when it is used.

       defnode <NAME> <EXPR> [<VALUE>]
           Define the variable NAME to the result of evalutating EXPR, which
           must be a nodeset. If no node matching EXPR exists yet, one is
           created and NAME will refer to it. If VALUE is given, this is the
           same as ’set EXPR VALUE’; if VALUE is not given, the node is
           created as if with ’clear EXPR’ would and NAME refers to that node.

       help
           Print this help text

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       AUGEAS_ROOT
           The file system root, defaults to ’/’. Can be overridden with the
           -r command line option

       AUGEAS_LENS_LIB
           Colon separated list of directories with lenses. Directories
           specified here are searched after any directories set with the -I
           command line option, but before the default directory
           /usr/share/augeas/lenses

DIAGNOSTICS

       Normally, exit status is 0. If one or more commands fail, the exit
       status is set to a non-zero value.

EXAMPLES

         # command line mode
         augtool print /files/etc/hosts/

         # interactive mode
         augtool
         augtool> help
         augtool> print /files/etc/hosts/

         # Print the third entry from the second AcceptEnv line
         augtool print '/files/etc/ssh/sshd_config/AcceptEnv[2]/3'

         # Find the entry in inittab with action 'initdefault'
         augtool> match /files/etc/inittab/*/action initdefault

         # Print the last alias for each entry in /etc/hosts
         augtool> print /files/etc/hosts/*/alias[last()]

FILES

       Lenses and schema definitions in /usr/share/augeas/lenses

AUTHOR

         David Lutterkort <dlutter@redhat.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2007, 2008 Red Hat Inc.

       Augeas (and augtool) are distributed under the GNU Lesser General
       Public License (LGPL)

SEE ALSO

       Augeas project homepage <http://www.augeas.net/>

       augparse