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HAL-GET-PROPERTY(1)					   HAL-GET-PROPERTY(1)

NAME
       hal-get-property - get a property from a device object

SYNOPSIS
       hal-get-property [options]

DESCRIPTION
       hal-get-property	 retrieves  a property from a device object in the HAL
       device database. 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/packages/hal/spec/hal-spec.html depending on the distri‐
       bution.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       --udi  The UDI (Unique Device Identifier) of the device object.

       --key  The name of the property.

       --hex  Show int32/uint64 values in hex (without a leading 0x).

       --verbose
	      Verbose output.

       --help Print out usage.

       --version
	      Print the version.

RETURN VALUE
       If both the property and device object exists the value of the property
       is printed on stdout and the program will exit with exit code 0. Other‐
       wise the exit code will be non-zero.

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

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

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

							   HAL-GET-PROPERTY(1)

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