read_values(8)

📦 version 2.44.1, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💖 read_values(8) — the s390-tools era 💖

okay so bestie, this is read_values, part of s390-tools, and honestly? it's giving "personal assistant for /sys and /proc" ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

read_values — reads information from the /sys and /proc filesystems for SUSE Customer Center (SCC) and the like. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

read_values [-s] [-u] [-c] [-a Attribute] [-L Keyword] [-d debug] [-h]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the whole vibe of read_values is: making it easy to read values out of the /sys and /proc filesystems. and like, that's lowkey needed, because those values can live in completely different places depending on the machine type and the kernel version 👀 — so instead of you hunting around, the tool handles it. iconic behavior, no cap.

🌸 PARAMETERS 🌸

  • -s — outputs the values that SCC (SUSE Customer Center) needs 💖
  • -u — creates a uuid for this system 🫶
  • -c — prints the CPU type of the current system 👑
  • -a — prints the value of the Attribute ⭐
  • -L — Keyword here may be Attribute or Recognised. with this option you get a list of all the Attributes the programm can accept ( Attribute ), or a list of attributes which in turn can be used for the option -L ( Recognised ). iykyk 🧚
fr fr, only one of -a, -c, -L, -s or -u can be specified at a time — that's a whole thing, see DIAGNOSTICS below 💀

🌈 FILES 🌈

/sys and /proc — that's the whole list, bestie 🍓

💅 DIAGNOSTICS 💅

these messages may be issued on stderr, and you should listen:

Unable to open /proc/sysinfo or Unable to open sysinfo.zvm

the named file cannot be opened. this means the tool can't do anything useful 😭 return code 99 is set.

Only one of the options a, c, L, s or u can be specified.

only one of the options a, c, L, s or u can be specified at a time. return code 1 is set. pick one, babe 🙈

🔥 BUGS 🔥

"Gotta be some, I'm sure." — the manpage, iconic and honest 💀 if you find one, please open a bug report. do it for the culture 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie — this one's from s390-tools, version 1.1.0, dated February 2026 🌸 she's serving read_values(8) and she ate 💅✨

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