osinfo-detect(1)

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💿 osinfo-detect(1) — Libosinfo bestie manual 💿

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay so bestie, osinfo-detect is the little tool whose whole job is detecting the operating system on installable media or trees. That's the assignment. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

osinfo-detect [OPTIONS...] PATH|URI

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It examines the PATH or URI to figure out what (if any) operating system it is for, and whether it is installable or is a Live image.

By default, that PATH or URI is interpreted as pointing to ISO media. If you want it to examine an install tree instead, you give it --type=tree.

The output information is formatted for humans; yes, that's literally what the page says. 💖

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --format=plain — bestie, this one is listed exactly as --format=plain in the options, and the page doesn't spell out a separate description, so we are not inventing one. 🫶
  • --type=media|tree — switch between looking for CD/DVD ISO media (media, the default) or install trees (tree). 💿🌳
  • --all — report all operating systems with matching media, instead of only the first match. 👑

🦋 EXIT STATUS 🦋

The exit status will be 0 if an operating system was detected, or 1 if none was found. Found = 0, nothing found = 1, that's the vibe check. ✨

👑 AUTHORS 👑

This iconic manual was written by Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> and Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>. Periodt. 💅

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Red Hat, Inc. — slay, legal bestie. 🎀

💜 LICENSE 💜

osinfo-detect is distributed under the termsof the GNU LGPL v2 license. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

💖 That's the whole page, bestie — this one comes from libosinfo-1.12.0, dated 2024-12-02, and the manual is osinfo-detect(1). Byeee! 💖

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