CDIST-DUMP(1)

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version 7.0.0 · 8 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 CDIST-DUMP 💖

okay so this is the manual page for cdist-dump, and it lives in section 1 of the cdist manual. bestie, we're about to go through the whole thing together, no skips, no shortcuts ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

cdist-dump — dump data from local cdist cache 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

cdist-dump [options] [host...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so cdist-dump is literally a helper script that dumps data from the local cdist cache for whatever hosts you name. and if you don't name a host at all? it just dumps all the data from the cache directory. slay. the default cache directory is ~/.cdist/cache, iconic behavior tbh.

what's it for though?? so glad you asked 💅 — you can use cdist-dump for debugging existing types, debugging host configuration, and debugging new types. it's giving detective energy 🔍

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -a — dump all. the everything bagel ✨
  • -C CACHE-DIR — use the specified CACHE-DIR instead of the default (default: ~/.cdist/cache)
  • -c — dump code-*
  • -d DELIMITER — the delimiter used for the filename and line number prefix (default: ':')
  • -E — dump global explorers 🌈
  • -e — dump type explorers
  • -F — disable the filename prefix (it's enabled by default)
  • -f — enable the filename prefix (this is the default, so yes it's already on, but here we are)
  • -g — dump gencode-*
  • -h — show this help screen and exit
  • -L — disable the line number prefix (this is the default, so it's already off)
  • -l — enable the line number prefix (disabled by default)
  • -m — dump messages
  • -o — dump executions' stdout
  • -p — dump parameters
  • -r — dump executions' stderr
  • -V — show version and exit
  • -v — increase verbosity
not me noticing how many of these flags are just opposites of each other 😭 -F/-f and -L/-l are literally a whole vibe check between "on" and "off". pick your fighter.

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

# Dump all
% cdist-dump -a
# Dump only code-* output
% cdist-dump -c

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

cdist(1) — go read it, it's the main character 👑

💜 AUTHORS 💜

Darko Poljak <darko.poljak--@--ungleich.ch>

🌟 COPYING 🌟

Copyright (C) 2019 Darko Poljak. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+).

ungleich GmbH 2021

okay bestie that's the whole page, every last flag accounted for, no cap 🧚 and for the cute sign-off: this is cdist version 7.0.0, dated Jul 31, 2022. mwah 💖 go dump some cache, you got this 🍓

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