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NEX-3510 Want "scripted" mode for svcs(1)
Reviewed by: Dan Fields <dan.fields@nexenta.com>
Reviewed by: Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@nexenta.com>

@@ -1,401 +1,271 @@
 SVCS(1)                          User Commands                         SVCS(1)
 
-
-
 NAME
        svcs - report service status
 
 SYNOPSIS
-       svcs [-aHpv?] [-Z | -z zone] [-o col[,col]]... [-R FMRI-instance]...
-            [-sS col]... [FMRI | pattern]...
+     svcs [-aHpv?] [-o col[,col]...] [-R FMRI-instance]... [-sS col]...
+          [-z zone|-Z] [FMRI|pattern]...
+     svcs {-d|-D} -Hpv? [-o col[,col]...] [-sS col]... [-z zone|-Z]
+          [FMRI|pattern]...
+     svcs {-l|-L} [-v] [-z zone|-Z] {FMRI|pattern}...
+     svcs -x [-v] [-z zone|-Z] [FMRI]...
 
-
-       svcs {-d | -D} [-Hpv?] [-Z | -z zone] [-o col[,col]]... [-sS col]...
-            [FMRI | pattern] ...
-
-
-       svcs [-l | -L] [-vZ] [-z zone] [FMRI | pattern]...
-
-
-       svcs -x [-v] [-Z | -z zone] [FMRI]...
-
-
 DESCRIPTION
-       The svcs command displays information about service instances as
-       recorded in the service configuration repository.
+     The svcs command displays information about service instances as recorded
+     in the service configuration repository.
 
-
        The first form of this command prints one-line status listings for
        service instances specified by the arguments. Each instance is listed
        only once. With no arguments, all enabled service instances, even if
        temporarily disabled, are listed with the columns indicated below.
 
-
        The second form prints one-line status listings for the dependencies or
        dependents of the service instances specified by the arguments.
 
-
        The third form prints detailed information about specific services and
        instances.
 
-
        The fourth form explains the states of service instances. For each
-       argument, a block of human-readable text is displayed which explains
-       what state the service is in, and why it is in that state. With no
-       arguments, problematic services are described.
+     argument, a block of human-readable text is displayed which explains what
+     state the service is in, and why it is in that state.  With no arguments,
+     problematic services are described.
 
-
-       Error messages are printed to the standard error stream.
-
-
        The output of this command can be used appropriately as input to the
        svcadm(1M) command.
 
 OPTIONS
        The following options are supported:
 
-       -?
-                           Displays an extended usage message, including
-                           column specifiers.
+     -?                Displays an extended usage message, including column
+                       specifiers.
 
+     -a                Show all services, even disabled ones.  This option has
+                       no effect if services are selected.
 
-       -a
-                           Show all services, even disabled ones. This option
-                           has no effect if services are selected.
+     -d                Lists the services or service instances upon which the
+                       given service instances depend.
 
+     -D                Lists the service instances that depend on the given
+                       services or service instances.
 
-       -d
-                           Lists the services or service instances upon which
-                           the given service instances depend.
+     -H                Used for scripting mode.  Do not print headers and
+                       separate fields by a single tab instead of arbitrary
+                       white space.
 
+     -l                Displays all available information about the selected
+                       services and service instances, with one service
+                       attribute displayed for each line.  Information for
+                       different instances are separated by blank lines.
 
-       -D
-                           Lists the service instances that depend on the
-                           given services or service instances.
-
-
-       -H
-                           Omits the column headers.
-
-
-       -l
-                           (The letter ell.) Displays all available
-                           information about the selected services and service
-                           instances, with one service attribute displayed for
-                           each line. Information for different instances are
-                           separated by blank lines.
-
                            The following specific attributes require further
                            explanation:
 
-                           dependency
-                                         Information about a dependency. The
-                                         grouping and restart_on properties
-                                         are displayed first and are separated
-                                         by a forward slash (/). Next, each
-                                         entity and its state is listed. See
-                                         smf(5) for information about states.
-                                         In addition to the standard states,
-                                         each service dependency can have the
-                                         following state descriptions:
+                       dependency  Information about a dependency.  The
+                                   grouping and restart_on properties are
+                                   displayed first and are separated by a
+                                   forward slash (/).  Next, each entity and
+                                   its state is listed.  See smf(5) for
+                                   information about states.  In addition to
+                                   the standard states, each service
+                                   dependency can have the following state
+                                   descriptions:
 
-                                         absent
-                                                     No such service is
-                                                     defined on the system.
+                                   absent    No such service is defined on the
+                                             system.
 
-
-                                         invalid
-                                                     The fault management
-                                                     resource identifier
-                                                     (FMRI) is invalid (see
+                                   invalid   The fault management resource
+                                             identifier (FMRI) is invalid (see
                                                      smf(5)).
 
+                                   multiple  The entity is a service with
+                                             multiple instances.
 
-                                         multiple
-                                                     The entity is a service
-                                                     with multiple instances.
+                                   File dependencies can only have one of the
+                                   following state descriptions:
 
-                                         File dependencies can only have one
-                                         of the following state descriptions:
+                                   absent   No such file on the system.
 
-                                         absent
-                                                    No such file on the
-                                                    system.
+                                   online   The file exists.
 
+                                            If the file did not exist the last
+                                            time that svc.startd evaluated the
+                                            service's dependencies, it can
+                                            consider the dependency to be
+                                            unsatisfied.  svcadm refresh
+                                            forces dependency re-evaluation.
 
-                                         online
-                                                    The file exists.
+                                   unknown  stat(2) failed for a reason other
+                                            than ENOENT.
 
-                                                    If the file did not exist
-                                                    the last time that
-                                                    svc.startd evaluated the
-                                                    service's dependencies, it
-                                                    can consider the
-                                                    dependency to be
-                                                    unsatisfied.  svcadm
-                                                    refresh forces dependency
-                                                    re-evaluation.
+                                   See smf(5) for additional details about
+                                   dependencies, grouping, and restart_on
+                                   values.
 
-
-                                         unknown
-                                                    stat(2) failed for a
-                                                    reason other than ENOENT.
-
-                                         See smf(5) for additional details
-                                         about dependencies, grouping, and
-                                         restart_on values.
-
-
-                           enabled
-                                         Whether the service is enabled or
-                                         not, and whether it is enabled or
-                                         disabled temporarily (until the next
-                                         system reboot). The former is
-                                         specified as either true or false,
-                                         and the latter is designated by the
+                       enabled     Whether the service is enabled or not, and
+                                   whether it is enabled or disabled
+                                   temporarily (until the next system reboot).
+                                   The former is specified as either true or
+                                   false, and the latter is designated by the
                                          presence of (temporary).
 
-                                         A service might be temporarily
-                                         disabled because an administrator has
-                                         run svcadm disable -t, used svcadm
-                                         milestone, or booted the system to a
-                                         specific milestone. See svcadm(1M)
-                                         for details.
+                                   A service might be temporarily disabled
+                                   because an administrator has run svcadm
+                                   disable -t, used svcadm milestone, or
+                                   booted the system to a specific milestone.
+                                   See svcadm(1M) for details.
 
-
-
-       -L
-                           Display the log file of the selected services and
+     -L                Display the log file of the selected services and
                            service instances, one per-line.
 
+     -o col[,col]...   Prints the specified columns.  Each col should be a
+                       column name.  See COLUMNS below for available columns.
 
-       -o col[,col]...
-                           Prints the specified columns. Each col should be a
-                           column name. See COLUMNS below for available
-                           columns.
+     -p                Lists processes associated with each service instance.
+                       A service instance can have no associated processes.
+                       The process ID, start time, and command name (PID,
+                       STIME, and CMD fields from ps(1)) are displayed for
+                       each process.
 
+     -R FMRI-instance  Selects service instances that have the given service
+                       instance as their restarter.
 
-       -p
-                           Lists processes associated with each service
-                           instance. A service instance can have no associated
-                           processes. The process ID, start time, and command
-                           name (PID, STIME, and CMD fields from ps(1)) are
-                           displayed for each process.
+     -s col            Sorts output by column.  col should be a column name.
+                       See COLUMNS below for available columns.  Multiple -s
+                       options behave additively.
 
+     -S col            Sorts by col in the opposite order as option -s.
 
-       -R FMRI-instance
-                           Selects service instances that have the given
-                           service instance as their restarter.
-
-
-       -s col
-                           Sorts output by column. col should be a column
-                           name. See COLUMNS below for available columns.
-                           Multiple -s options behave additively.
-
-
-       -S col
-                           Sorts by col in the opposite order as option -s.
-
-
-       -v
-                           Without -x or -l, displays verbose columns: STATE,
+     -v                Without -x or -l, displays verbose columns: STATE,
                            NSTATE, STIME, CTID, and FMRI.
 
                            With -x, displays extra information for each
                            explanation.
 
-                           With -l, displays user-visible properties in
-                           property groups of type application and their
-                           description.
+                       With -l, displays user-visible properties in property
+                       groups of type application and their description.
 
+     -x                Displays explanations for service states.
 
-       -x
-                           Displays explanations for service states.
+                       Without arguments, the -x option explains the states of
+                       services which:
 
-                           Without arguments, the -x option explains the
-                           states of services which:
-
                                o      are enabled, but are not running.
 
-                               o      are preventing another enabled service
-                                      from running.
+                       o   are preventing another enabled service from
+                           running.
 
+     -z zone           Display only the services in the zone.  This option is
+                       only applicable in the global zone, see zones(5).
 
-       -z zone
-                           Display only the services in the zone.  This option
-                           is only applicable in the global zone, see
+     -Z                Display services from all zones, with an additional
+                       column indicating in which zone the service is running.
+                       This option is only applicable in the global zone, see
                            zones(5).
 
-
-       -Z
-                           Display services from all zones, with an additional
-                           column indicating in which zone the service is
-                           running.  This option is only applicable in the
-                           global zone, see zones(5).
-
-
 OPERANDS
        The following operands are supported:
 
-       FMRI
-                        A fault management resource identifier (FMRI) that
-                        specifies one or more instances (see smf(5)). FMRIs
-                        can be abbreviated by specifying the instance name, or
-                        the trailing portion of the service name. For example,
-                        given the FMRI:
+     FMRI           A fault management resource identifier (FMRI) that
+                    specifies one or more instances (see smf(5)).  FMRIs can
+                    be abbreviated by specifying the instance name, or the
+                    trailing portion of the service name.  For example, given
+                    the FMRI svc:/network/smtp:sendmail, the following are
+                    valid abbreviations: sendmail :sendmail smtp smtp:sendmail
+                    network/smtp, and the following are invalid abbreviations:
+                    mail network network/smt.
 
-                          svc:/network/smtp:sendmail
+                    If the FMRI specifies a service, then the command applies
+                    to all instances of that service, except when used with
+                    the -D option.
 
+                    Abbreviated forms of FMRIs are unstable, and should not be
+                    used in scripts or other permanent tools.
 
-                        The following are valid abbreviations:
+     pattern        A pattern that is matched against the FMRI of service
+                    instances according to the "globbing" rules described by
+                    fnmatch(5).  If the pattern does not begin with svc:, then
+                    svc:/ is prepended.  The following is a typical example of
+                    a glob pattern:
 
-                          sendmail
-                          :sendmail
-                          smtp
-                          smtp:sendmail
-                          network/smtp
-
-
-                        The following are invalid abbreviations:
-
-                          mail
-                          network
-                          network/smt
-
-
-                        If the FMRI specifies a service, then the command
-                        applies to all instances of that service, except when
-                        used with the -D option.
-
-                        Abbreviated forms of FMRIs are unstable, and should
-                        not be used in scripts or other permanent tools.
-
-
-       pattern
-                        A pattern that is matched against the FMRIs of service
-                        instances according to the "globbing" rules described
-                        by fnmatch(5). If the pattern does not begin with
-                        svc:, then svc:/ is prepended. The following is a
-                        typical example of a glob pattern:
-
                           qexample% svcs \*keyserv\*
                           STATE          STIME     FMRI
                           disabled       Aug_02    svc:/network/rpc/keyserv:default
 
+     FMRI-instance  An FMRI that specifies an instance.
 
-
-
-       FMRI-instance
-                        An FMRI that specifies an instance.
-
-
 COLUMNS
        Column names are case insensitive. The default output format is
-       equivalent to "-o state,stime,fmri". The default sorting columns are
+     equivalent to -o state,stime,fmri.  The default sorting columns are
        STATE, STIME, FMRI.
 
-       CTID
-                 The primary contract ID for the service instance. Not all
+     CTID    The primary contract ID for the service instance.  Not all
                  instances have valid primary contract IDs.
 
+     DESC    A brief description of the service, from its template element.  A
+             service might not have a description available, in which case a
+             hyphen (-) is used to denote an empty value.
 
-       DESC
-                 A brief description of the service, from its template
-                 element. A service might not have a description available, in
-                 which case a hyphen (-) is used to denote an empty value.
+     FMRI    The FMRI of the service instance.
 
+     INST    The instance name of the service instance.
 
-       FMRI
-                 The FMRI of the service instance.
+     NSTA    The abbreviated next state of the service instance, as given in
+             the STA column description.  A hyphen denotes that the instance
+             is not transitioning.  Same as STA otherwise.
 
+     NSTATE  The next state of the service.  A hyphen is used to denote that
+             the instance is not transitioning.  Same as STATE otherwise.
 
-       INST
-                 The instance name of the service instance.
+     SCOPE   The scope name of the service instance.
 
+     SVC     The service name of the service instance.
 
-       NSTA
-                 The abbreviated next state of the service instance, as given
-                 in the STA column description. A hyphen denotes that the
-                 instance is not transitioning.  Same as STA otherwise.
+     STA     The abbreviated state of the service instance:
 
+             DGD  degraded
 
-       NSTATE
-                 The next state of the service. A hyphen is used to denote
-                 that the instance is not transitioning. Same as STATE
-                 otherwise.
+             DIS  disabled
 
+             LRC  legacy rc*.d script-initiated instance
 
-       SCOPE
-                 The scope name of the service instance.
+             MNT  maintenance
 
+             OFF  offline
 
-       SVC
-                 The service name of the service instance.
+             ON   online
 
+             UN   uninitialized
 
-       STA
-                 The abbreviated state of the service instance (see smf(5)):
-
-                 DGD
-                        degraded
-
-
-                 DIS
-                        disabled
-
-
-                 LRC
-                        legacy rc*.d script-initiated instance
-
-
-                 MNT
-                        maintenance
-
-
-                 OFF
-                        offline
-
-
-                 ON
-                        online
-
-
-                 UN
-                        uninitialized
-
-                 Absent or unrecognized states are denoted by a question mark
-                 (?) character. An asterisk (*) is appended for instances in
+             Absent or unrecognized states are denoted by a question mark (?)
+             character.  An asterisk (*) is appended for instances in
                  transition, unless the NSTA or NSTATE column is also being
                  displayed.
 
-                 See smf(5) for an explanation of service states.
+     STATE   The state of the service instance.  An asterisk is appended for
+             instances in transition, unless the NSTA or NSTATE column is also
+             being displayed.
 
+     STIME   If the service instance entered the current state within the last
+             24 hours, this column indicates the time that it did so.
+             Otherwise, this column indicates the date on which it did so,
+             printed with underscores (_) in place of blanks.
 
-       STATE
-                 The state of the service instance. An asterisk is appended
-                 for instances in transition, unless the NSTA or NSTATE column
-                 is also being displayed.
+EXIT STATUS
+     The following exit values are returned:
 
-                 See smf(5) for an explanation of service states.
+     0  Successful command invocation.
 
+     1  Fatal error.
 
-       STIME
-                 If the service instance entered the current state within the
-                 last 24 hours, this column indicates the time that it did so.
-                 Otherwise, this column indicates the date on which it did so,
-                 printed with underscores (_) in place of blanks.
+     2  Invalid command line options were specified.
 
-
 EXAMPLES
        Example 1 Displaying the Default Output
-
-
        This example displays default output:
 
-
          example% svcs
          STATE          STIME    FMRI
          ...
          legacy_run     13:25:04 lrc:/etc/rc3_d/S42myscript
          ...

@@ -404,45 +274,30 @@
          online         13:25:03 svc:/milestone/multi-user:default
          ...
          online         13:25:07 svc:/milestone/multi-user-server:default
          ...
 
-
-
        Example 2 Listing All Local Instances
+       This example lists all local instances of the service1 service:
 
-
-       This example lists all local instances of the service1 service.
-
-
          example% svcs -o state,nstate,fmri service1
          STATE        NSTATE        FMRI
          online       -             svc:/service1:instance1
          disabled     -             svc:/service1:instance2
 
-
-
        Example 3 Listing Verbose Information
+       This example lists verbose information:
 
-
-       This example lists verbose information.
-
-
          example% svcs -v network/rpc/rstat:udp
          STATE          NSTATE        STIME    CTID   FMRI
          online         -             Aug_09        - svc:/network/rpc/rstat:udp
 
-
-
        Example 4 Listing Detailed Information
-
-
        This example lists detailed information about all instances of
        system/service3. Additional fields can be displayed, as appropriate to
        the managing restarter.
 
-
          example% svcs -l network/rpc/rstat:udp
 
          fmri         svc:/network/rpc/rstat:udp
          enabled      true
          state        online

@@ -449,58 +304,45 @@
          next_state   none
          restarter    svc:/network/inetd:default
          contract_id
          dependency   require_all/error svc:/network/rpc/bind (online)
 
-
-
        Example 5 Listing Processes
 
          example% svcs -p sendmail
          STATE          STIME    FMRI
          online         13:25:13 svc:/network/smtp:sendmail
                         13:25:15   100939 sendmail
          13:25:15   100940 sendmail
 
-
-
        Example 6 Explaining Service States Using svcs -x
 
-
-       (a) In this example, svcs -x has identified that the print/server
+       1.   In this example, svcs -x has identified that the print/server
        service being disabled is the root cause of two services which are
        enabled but not online. svcs -xv shows that those services are
-       print/rfc1179 and print/ipp-listener. This situation can be rectified
-       by either enabling print/server or disabling rfc1179 and ipp-listener.
+            print/rfc1179 and print/ipp-listener.  This situation can be
+            rectified by either enabling print/server or disabling rfc1179 and
+            ipp-listener.
 
-
          example% svcs -x
          svc:/application/print/server:default (LP print server)
           State: disabled since Mon Feb 13 17:56:21 2006
          Reason: Disabled by an administrator.
             See: http://illumos.org/msg/SMF-8000-05
             See: lpsched(1M)
          Impact: 2 dependent services are not running. (Use -v for list.)
 
+       2.   In this example, NFS is not working:
 
-
-
-       (b) In this example, NFS is not working:
-
-
          example$ svcs nfs/client
          STATE          STIME    FMRI
          offline        16:03:23 svc:/network/nfs/client:default
 
+       3.   The following example shows that the problem is nfs/status.
+            nfs/client is waiting because it depends on nfs/nlockmgr, which
+            depends on nfs/status:
 
-
-
-       (c) The following example shows that the problem is nfs/status.
-       nfs/client is waiting because it depends on nfs/nlockmgr, which depends
-       on nfs/status:
-
-
          example$ svcs -xv nfs/client
          svc:/network/nfs/client:default (NFS client)
           State: offline since Mon Feb 27 16:03:23 2006
          Reason: Service svc:/network/nfs/status:default
                  is not running because a method failed repeatedly.

@@ -510,44 +352,13 @@
                      svc:/network/nfs/status:default
             See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M mount_nfs
             See: /var/svc/log/network-nfs-client:default.log
          Impact: This service is not running.
 
-
-
-EXIT STATUS
-       The following exit values are returned:
-
-       0
-            Successful command invocation.
-
-
-       1
-            Fatal error.
-
-
-       2
-            Invalid command line options were specified.
-
-
-ATTRIBUTES
-       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
-
-
-
-
-       +--------------------+-----------------+
-       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
-       +--------------------+-----------------+
-       |Interface Stability | See below.      |
-       +--------------------+-----------------+
-
-
+INTERFACE STABILITY
        Screen output is Uncommitted. The invocation is Committed.
 
 SEE ALSO
-       ps(1), svcprop(1), svcadm(1M), svccfg(1M), svc.startd(1M), stat(2),
+     ps(1), svcprop(1), svc.startd(1M), svcadm(1M), svccfg(1M), stat(2),
        libscf(3LIB), attributes(5), fnmatch(5), smf(5), zones(5)
 
-
-
-                                April 17, 2011                         SVCS(1)
+illumos                         April 23, 2015                         illumos