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wbemcli - independent command line CIM Client
wbemcli gc|gcd|dc|ec|ecn|gi|ci|mi|di|ei|ein|ai|ain|ri|rin|gp|sp|cm|cmx [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] [-noverify] [-cacert file] [-clientcert file] [-clientkey file] [-ac assocClass] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role] [-arr resultRole] objectPath [prop=value[,...]] [prop[,...]]
(These symlinks are not installed by the Debian package, but work if created manually.)
wbemgc [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemgcd [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemdc [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemec [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemecn [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemgi [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemci [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop=value[,...]]
wbemmi [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop=value[,...]]
wbemdi [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemei [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemein [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemai [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] [-ac assocClass] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role] [-arr resultRole] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemain [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] [-ac assocClass] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role] [-arr resultRole] objectPath
wbemri [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemrin [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role] objectPath
wbemgp [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath prop
wbemsp [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath prop=value
wbemcm [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath method[.param=value[,...]]
wbemcmx [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath method[.param=value[,...]]
wbemcli is a command line based CIM Client. It uses one of the gc|gcd|dc|ec|ecn|gi|ci|mi|di|ei|ein|ai|ain|ri|rin|gp|sp|cm|cmx operations and the fully qualified path to the CIM Object to get to the host and execute the specified operation. This implementation is CIMOM library independent and can be used with all WBEM compliant CIMOM implementations. The objectPath parameter is used to locate the CIM object and has the following format:
<scheme>://[user:pwd@]<host>:<port>/<namespace[/..]>:<classname>[.<key=value[,..]>]
http://krz:xyz@localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_package.name=glibc
The prop=value[,...] parameter is used to specify <Property>=<Value> pairs for the ci, mi and sp operations. Only one <Property>=<Value> pair must be specified for the sp operation.
The prop[,...] parameter specifies the properties to be returned. One prop must be specified for the gp operation. For other operations this parameter is optional, if none are specified all properties will be returned.
The method[.param=value[,...] parameter is used to specify <Parameter>=<Value> pairs for the cm operation.
Supported operations are:
wbemcli requires either libghttp, libwww, or winhttp, depending on build options used.
To get all instances of rpm_packages, i.e. all installed rpm packages on the local system, the following command can be used:
The get instance operation can be specified to get more information about a certain package:
The create instance (ci) operation can be called using the following format example. Property values can also be specified/add to the sytax.
More command line examples can be found from the wbemcli/samples directory.
The scheme and host specification in the object path can be replaced by an arbitrary token that will be used to locate the proper scheme and host specification in ./wbemcli.ind or any file specified via the WBEMCLI_IND environment variable. The format of this file is as follows:
Adrian Schuur <schuur@de.ibm.com>
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June 2009 | wbemcli Version 1.6.3 |