.\" 
.\" hal-get-property manual page.
.\" Copyright (C) 2007 David Zeuthen <david@fubar.dk>
.\"
.TH HAL-GET-PROPERTY 1
.SH NAME
hal-get-property \- get a property from a device object
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
.B hal-get-property
[options]

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fIhal-get-property\fP retrieves a property from a device object in
the
.B HAL 
device database. For
more information about both the big picture and specific
.B HAL
properties, refer to the \fIHAL spec\fP which can be found in
.I "/usr/share/doc/hal-doc/spec/hal-spec.html"
depending on the distribution.

.SH OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
.TP
.I "--udi"
The UDI (\fIUnique Device Identifier\fP) of the device object.
.TP
.I "--key"
The name of the property.
.TP
.I "--hex"
Show int32/uint64 values in hex (without a leading 0x).
.TP
.I "--verbose"
Verbose output.
.TP
.I "--help"
Print out usage.
.TP
.I "--version"
Print the version.

.SH RETURN VALUE
.PP
If both the property and device object exists the value of the
property is printed on
.I stdout
and the program will exit with exit code 0. Otherwise the exit code
will be non-zero.

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

.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\&\fIhald\fR\|(8), 
\&\fIlshal\fR\|(1), 
\&\fIhal-set-property\fR\|(1),
\&\fIhal-find-by-property\fR\|(1),
\&\fIhal-find-by-capability\fR\|(1)

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