HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

Table 10-1 Common Kernel Configuration Command Line Options (continued)
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DescriptionOption
ooo(difference) Display only elements for which there is a change being held
for next boot.
-D
ooo(hold) Hold the requested changes for next boot.
-h
ooo(parse) Use the special parsable output format.
-P
ooo(set) Display only elements that have been set to something other than
default.
-S
ooo(verbose) Display items using verbose output format.
-v
Common Output Formats
When retrieving information, the primary kernel configuration commands produce
output in three basic output formats: table, verbose, and parsable.
By default, the commands produce a short table format. This is a format that gives one
line for each item being described. Only the most commonly used information is
included, in order to allow the output to fit on one line on most terminals.
With the-v (verbose) option, the commands produce a verbose output format. This
format gives all available information for each item being described, taking multiple
lines to do so. A blank line separates the items in the output.
With the -P (parse) option, the commands produce an output format designed to be
parsed by scripts or applications. This format is described in “Parsing Command
Output” (page 196). Scripts and applications must parse this output format, because
HP supports release-to-release compatibility of output format only when the -P option
is used.
The kernel configuration commands all use a common format for error, warning, note,
and progress messages. It is the same format used by the Software Distributor package,
and therefore already familiar to most administrators.
ERROR:
This is an error message. It explains why the requested operation cannot
complete.
WARNING:
This is a warning message. The requested operation completed, but not
smoothly. A situation may exist that needs correction.
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