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KEXTFIND(8)               BSD System Manager's Manual              KEXTFIND(8)

NAME
     kextfind -- find kernel extensions based on a variety of criteria and print information

SYNOPSIS
     kextfind [options] [directory or extension ...] [query] [-report [-no-header] report_predicate ...]

DESCRIPTION
     The kextfind utility locates and prints information, or generates reports, about kernel extensions
     (kexts) matching the search criteria in query from among those in the named directory and extension
     arguments.  If no directories or extensions are specified, searches the system extensions folder.
     Searches are performed via kext management logic as used by kextload(8) and kextd(8), by which only
     kexts directly in the repository directory or kexts explicitly named (and their immediate plugins) are
     eligible; this is specifically not an exhaustive, recursive filesystem search.

     Construct your search using any of the query and command predicates listed below.  You can combine
     predicates with the logical operators -and, -or, and -not, and group them with parentheses.

     Query command predicates generally print some bit of information about a kext, such as its pathname or
     bundle identifier, followed by either a newline or an ASCII NUL.  You can also generate a tab-delimited
     report using the -report keyword after the query expression; if you do, you must not specify any of the
     command predicates described below.

OPTIONS
     -h
     -help   Display a help message and exit.
     -i
     -case-insensitive
             Performs case-insensitive comparisons for all property, match property, and bundle identifier
             query predicates when values are strings.  Has no effect when property values are numbers or
             booleans.  You can also use this option with individual property query predicates.
     -no-paths
             Prints no paths for kexts, just their bundle name, and for info dictionary and executable
             files, their paths relative to the kext itself.  This can be ambiguous with plugins of the same
             name and when searching multiple repositories.
     -0
     -nul    Causes the -echo and all -print... command predicates except for -print-diagnostics to emit an
             ASCII NUL character (character code 0) in place of any newlines.  This is useful when sending
             the output to xargs(1).  You can also use this flag individually with those command predicates.
     -relative-paths
             Print pathnames relative to kexts' repositories (which can be ambiguous if multiple reposito-ries repositories
             ries are being searched).
     -f directory or extension
     -search-item directory or extension
             Specifies a directory or kext to search.  While you can normally just list them without an
             option flag, these are provided to prevent ambiguity with the query expression.
     -s
     -substring
             Performs substring searches for all property, match property, and bundle identifier query pred-icates predicates
             icates when values are strings.  Has no effect when property values are numbers or booleans.
             You can also use this option with individual property query predicates.
     -e
     -system-extensions
             Adds the system extensions folder to the list of directory to search.  If you don't specify any
             directories or kexts, this is used by default.
     --      End of options.

QUERY PREDICATES
     Descriptions of all available search criteria and commands follow, grouped by general category.

Search by Bundle Name, or Info Dictionary or Match (Personality) Properties
     These predicates all take the -case-insensitive (-i) and -substring (-s) options as described above.

     -b [-i | -case-insensitive] [-s | -substring] id
     -bundle-id [-i | -case-insensitive] [-s | -substring] id
             True if the kext's bundle identifier matches id.
     -B [-i | -case-insensitive] [-s | -substring] id
     -bundle-name [-i | -case-insensitive] [-s | -substring] id
             True if the kext's bundle name matches name.  This is equivalent to -property options
             CFBundleIdentifier id.
     -m [-i | -case-insensitive] [-s | -substring] name value
     -match-property [-i | -case-insensitive] [-s | -substring] name value
             True if the kext has at least one personality containing as a string, number, or boolean value
             (expressible as ``true'', ``yes'', ``1'' or ``false'', ``no'', ``0'') for the named property.
     -me name
     -match-property-exists name
             True if the kext has at least one personality containing any value for the named property.
     -p [-i | -case-insensitive] [-s | -substring] name value
     -property [-i | -case-insensitive] [-s | -substring] name value
             True if the kext's info dictionary contains value as a string, number, or boolean value
             (expressible as ``true'', ``yes'', ``1'' or ``false'', ``no'', ``0'') for the named property.
     -pe name
     -property-exists name
             True if the kext's info dictionary contains any value for the named property.

Search by Loaded/Loadable
     -a
     -authentic
             True if the kext is owned by root:wheel and has proper permissions.
     -d
     -dependencies-met
             True if the kext has all its dependencies met.
     -nd
     -dependencies-missing
             True if the kext is missing dependencies (or can't have its dependencies resolved).
     -na
     -inauthentic
             True if the kext is not owned by root:wheen or has improper permissions (or can't be so authen-ticated). authenticated).
             ticated).
     -nv
     -invalid
             True if the kext is not valid.
     -l
     -loadable
             True if the kext appears to be loadable.  (It may still fail to load due to link errors.)
     -loaded
             True if the kext is currently loaded (if its bundle identifier and version match a kext loaded
             in the kernel).
     -nl
     -nonloadable
             True if the kext can't be loaded because it is invalid, inauthentic, or missing dependencies.
     -v
     -valid  True if the kext is valid.
     -w
     -warnings
             True if any warnings are noted while validating the kext.

Search by Executable, Architecture, or Symbol
     -arch arch1[,arch2...]
             True if the kext contains all of the named CPU architectures in its executable.
     -ax arch1[,arch2...]
     -arch-exact arch1[,arch2...]
             True if the kext contains all of the named CPU architectures, and no others, in its executable.
     -dsym symbol
     -defines-symbol symbol
             True if the kext defines the named symbol in any of its architectures.  The name must match
             exactly with the (possibly mangled) symbol in the kext's executable.  A kext must also be a
             library for others to link against it (see -library).
     -x
     -executable
             True if the kext declares an executable (whether it actually has one or not; that is, if the
             kext declares one but it's missing, this predicate is true even though the kext is invalid).
     -nx
     -no-executable
             True if the kext declares no executable.
     -rsym symbol
     -references-symbol symbol
             True if the kext has an undefined reference to the named symbol in any of its architectures.
             The name must match exactly with the (possibly mangled) symbol in the kext's executable.

Search by Miscellaneous Attribute
     -debug  True if the kext has a top-level OSBundleDebugLevel property other than zero, or if any of its
             personalities has an IOKitDebug property other than zero.
     -has-plugins
             True if the kext contains plugins.
     -integrity { correct | modified | no-receipt | not-apple | unknown }
             True if the kext has the specified integrity.
     -kernel-resource
             True if the kext represents a resource built into the kernel.
     -lib
     -library
             True if the kext is a library that other kexts can link against.
     -plugin
             True if the kext is a plugin of another kext.

Search by Startup Requirement
     These options find kexts that are used at startup or allowed to load during safe boot.  They should be
     combined with the -or operator.  (The standard system mkext file contains console, local-root, and root
     kexts, so you would specify ``\( -console -or -local-root -or -root \)''.

     -C
     -console
             True if the kext is potentially required for console-mode startup (same as -p OSBundleRequired
             Console but always case-sensitive).
     -L
     -local-root
             True if the kext is potentially required for local-root startup (same as -p OSBundleRequired
             Local-Root but always case-sensitive).
     -N
     -network-root
             True if the kext is potentially required for network-root startup (same as -p OSBundleRequired
             Network-Root but always case-sensitive).
     -R
     -root   True if the kext is potentially required for root startup (same as -p OSBundleRequired Root but
             always case-sensitive).
     -S
     -safe-boot
             True if the kext is potentially allowed to load during safe boot (same as -p OSBundleRequired
             'Safe Boot' but always case-sensitive).

Search by Version
     -compatible-with-version version
             True if the kext is a library kext compatible with the given version.
     -V [ne|gt|ge|lt|le]version[-version]
     -version [ne|gt|ge|lt|le]version[-version]
             True if the kext's version matches the version expression.  You can either specify an operator
             before a single version, or a range of versions.  Remember that nonfinal versions such as
             1.0d21 compare as less than final versions (in this case 1.0); construct your version expres-sion expression
             sion accordingly.  See also -library.

QUERY COMMAND PREDICATES
     Use these predicates to print information about kexts that match the query or run a utility on the kext
     bundle directory, its info dictionary file, or its executable.  Execpt for -exec, these all have a true
     result for purposes of query evaluation.

     The -echo and all -print... command predicates except for -print-diagnostics accept the -nul (-0)
     option to emit an ASCII NUL character (character code 0) in place of any newlines.  This is useful when
     sending the output to xargs(1).

     -echo [-n | -no-newline] [-0 | -nul] string
             Prints string followed by a newline.  You can specify -n or -no-newline to omit the newline.
             If you specify both -n and -nul, string is not followed by either a newline or an ASCII NUL
             character.
     -exec utility [argument ...] ;
             True if the program named utility returns a zero value as its exit status.  Optional arguments
             may be passed to the utility.  The expression must be terminated by a semicolon (``;'').  If
             you invoke kextfind from a shell you may need to quote the semicolon if the shell would other-wise otherwise
             wise treat it as a control operator.  The strings ``{}'', ``{info-dictionary}'', and
             ``{executable}'', appearing anywhere in the utility name or the arguments are replaced by the
             pathname of the current kext, its info dictionary, or its executable, respectively.  Utility
             will be executed from the directory from which kextfind was executed.  Utility and arguments
             are not subject to the further expansion of shell patterns and constructs.
     -print [-0 | -nul]
             Prints the pathname of the kext.  If no command predicate is specified, the query as a whole
             becomes equivalent to ( query ) -and -print.
     -print0
             Equivalent to -print -nul, for all you find(1) users out there.
     -pa [-0 | -nul]
     -print-arches [-0 | -nul]
             Prints the names of all the architectures in the kext executable (if it has one), separated by
             commas.
     -print-dependencies [-0 | -nul]
             Prints the pathnames of all direct and indirect dependencies of the kext.
     -print-dependents [-0 | -nul]
             Prints the pathnames of all direct and indirect dependents of the kext.
     -pdiag
     -print-diagnostics
             Prints validation and authentication failures, missing dependencies, and warnings for the kext.
     -px [-0 | -nul]
     -print-executable [-0 | -nul]
             Prints the pathname to the kext's executable file.
     -pid [-0 | -nul]
     -print-info-dictionary [-0 | -nul]
             Prints the pathname to the kext's info dictionary file.  (You can use ``-exec cat {info-dictionary} {infodictionary}
             dictionary} \;'' or ``-exec pl -input {info-dictionary} \;'' to print the contents of the
             file.)
     -print-integrity [-0 | -nul]
             Prints the integrity state of the kext.
     -print-plugins [-0 | -nul]
             Prints the pathnames of all plugins of the kext.
     -pm [-0 | -nul] name
     -print-match-property [-0 | -nul] name
             For each matching personality in the kext, if property exists, prints the personality's name, a
             colon, then name followed by an equals sign and the property's value.  Results in true even if
             the property does not exist for any personality.
     -pp [-0 | -nul] name
     -print-property [-0 | -nul] name
             If the top-level property exists, prints name followed by an equals sign and its value.
             Results in true even if the property does not exist.

OPERATORS
     The query primaries may be combined using the following operators.  The operators are listed in order
     of decreasing precedence.

     ( expression )
             This evaluates to true if the parenthesized expression evaluates to true.  Note that in many
             shells parentheses are special characters and must be escaped or quoted.
     ! expression
     -not expression
             This is the unary NOT operator.  It evaluates to true if expression is false, to false if
             expression is true.  Note that in many shells ``!'' is a special character and must be escaped
             or quoted.
     expression -and expression
     expression expression
             The and operator is the logical AND operator.  It is implied by the juxtaposition of two
             expressions and therefore need not be specified.  It evaluates to true if both expressions are
             true.  If the first expression is false, the second expression is not evaluated.
     expression -or expression
             The -or operator is the logical OR operator.  It evaluates to true if either expression is
             true.  If the first expression is true, the second expression is not evaluated.

REPORTS
     Use the following predicates in a report expression to generate a tab-delimited format, one kext per
     line, suitable for further processing (or immediate edification).  The report normally starts with a
     header line labeling each column; you can skip this by following -report directly with -no-header.

     The report predicate keywords are almost all the same as query predicates, but have different purposes
     (and arguments in several cases).  In general, where a query predicate is looking for a value, a report
     predicate is retrieving it.  Thus, the property predicates only take the name of the property, and
     print the value of that property for the kext being examined.  Report predicates based on attributes
     with multiple values, such as -print-dependencies, print the number of values rather than the values
     themselves.  Finally, report predicates for yes/no questions print ``yes'' or ``no''.

     Note that many shorthands for inverted meanings, such as -invalid, are not available for reports (they
     would only be confusing).  Others, such as -match-property, could generate multiple values that would
     be impossible to embed meaningfully in plain tab-delimited text (and knowing how many of them there are
     is not useful).

Value Report Predicates
     -b | -bundle-id
             Prints the kext's bundle identifier.
     -B | -bundle-name
             Prints the kext's bundle name.
     -integrity | -print-integrity
             Prints the integrity state of the kext.
     -V | -version
             Prints the kext's version.
     -print  Prints the kext's pathname.
     -pa | -print-arches
             Prints the names of the architectures, if any, in the kext executable.
     -print-dependencies
             Prints the number of dependencies found for the kext.
     -print-dependents
             Prints the number of kexts found that depend on the kext.
     -px | -print-executable
             Prints the pathname of the kext's executable (if it has one).
     -pid | -print-info-dictionary
             Prints the pathname of the kext's info dictionary.
     -print-plugins
             Prints the number of plugin kexts the kext has.
     -p name | -property name
     -pp name | -print-property name
             Prints the value for the top-level info dictionary property with key name.  If the key is not
             defined, prints ``<null>''.
     -sym symbol | -symbol symbol
             Prints "references" or "defines" as if the kext references of defines symbol.  (This is the
             only report predicate that is not also a query predicate.)

Yes/No Report Predicates
     -arch arch1[,arch2...]
             ``yes'' if the kexts contains all the named architectures, ``no'' otherwise.
     -ax arch1[,arch2...] | -arch-exact arch1[,arch2...]
             ``yes'' if the kexts contains only the named architectures, ``no'' otherwise.
     -a | -authentic
     -debug
     -dsym symbol | -defines-symbol symbol
     -d | -dependencies-met
     -x | -executable
     -has-plugins
     -kernel-resource
     -lib | -library
     -l | -loadable
     -loaded
     -plugin
     -w | -warnings
     -v | -valid

EXAMPLES
     The following examples are shown as given to the shell:

     kextfind -case-insensitive -not -bundle-id -substring 'com.apple.' -print
             Print a list of all non-Apple kexts.

     kextfind \( -nonloadable -or -warnings \) -print -print-diagnostics
             Print a list of all kexts that aren't loadable or that have any warnings, along with what's
             wrong with each.

     kextfind -nonloadable -print-dependents | sort | uniq
             Print a list of all kexts that can't be loaded because of problems with their dependencies.

     kextfind -defines-symbol __ZTV14IONetworkStack
             Print a list of all kexts that define the symbol __ZTV14IONetworkStack.

     kextfind -relative-paths -arch-exact ppc,i386
             Print a list of all kexts kexts that contain only ppc and i386 code.

     kextfind -debug -print -pp OSBundleDebugLevel -pm IOKitDebug
             Print a list of all kexts that have debug options set, along with the values of the debug
             options.

     kextfind -m IOProviderClass IOMedia -print -exec pl -input {info-dictionary} ;
             Print a list of all kexts that match on IOMedia, along with their info dictionaries.

     kextfind -no-paths -nl -report -print -v -a -d
             Print a report of kexts that can't be loaded, with hints as to the problems.

DIAGNOSTICS
     The kextfind utility exits with a status of 0 on completion (whether or not any kexts are found), or
     with a nonzero status if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     find(1), kextcache(8), kextd(8), kextload(8), kextstat(8), kextunload(8), xargs(1)

BUGS
     Several special characters used by kextfind are also special characters to many shell programs.  In
     particular, the characters ``!'', ``('', and ``)'', may have to be escaped from the shell.

Darwin                          April 11, 2006                          Darwin

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