HAL-FIND-BY-PROPERTY(1)                                                                                  HAL-FIND-BY-PROPERTY(1)



NAME
       hal-find-by-property - find device objects by property matching

SYNOPSIS
       hal-find-by-property [options]


DESCRIPTION
       hal-get-property  finds  device  object  in the HAL device database by looking at device properties. For more information
       about  both  the  big  picture  and  specific  HAL  properties,  refer  to  the  HAL  spec  which   can   be   found   in
       /usr/share/doc/hal-0.5.14/spec/hal-spec.html depending on the distribution.


OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       --key  The name of the property.

       --string
              String value of the property

       --verbose
              Verbose output.

       --help Print out usage.

       --version
              Print the version.


RETURN VALUE
       If devices matching the given property are found each UDI (Unique Device Identifier) is printed on stdout and the program
       exits with exit code 0. If no devices are found or an error occured, the program exits with a non-zero exit code.


BUGS
       Please send bug reports to either the distribution  or  the  HAL  mailing  list,  see  http://lists.freedesktop.org/mail-
       man/listinfo/hal on how to subscribe.


SEE ALSO
       hald(8), lshal(1), hal-set-property(1), hal-get-property(1), hal-find-by-capability(1), dbus-send(1)


AUTHOR
       Written by David Zeuthen <davidATfubar.dk> with a lot of help from many others.




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