Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

modinfo

Synopsis

                  modinfo [options] object-file
               

System administration command. Print information about kernel module object-file. Information is read from tag names in the mod-info section of the module file. By default it will print the module’s filename, description, author, license, and parameters.

Options

-a, --author

Print author information.

-d, --description

Print module description.

-f format-string, --format format-string

Format output to match string. The format string is essentially a printf style string. Fields to be replaced are specified by a percent sign followed by a tag name in curly braces, e.g., %{author} and %{filename}. A line containing the field %{parm} will be repeated for each known module parameter. author, description, filename, licenses, and parm can also be represented by the shorter versions, %a, %d, %n, %l, and %p.

-h, --help

Print usage message, then exit.

-l, --license

Print module license information.

-n, --filename

Print the module’s filename.

-p, --parameters

Print the module’s typed parameters.

-V, --version

Print version number of the module.