commands.sh

udevadm

linux

Linux `udev` management tool.

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Options (4)

-k, --kernelboolean

Print `uevents` sent out by the kernel

Example: sudo udevadm monitor {{[-k|--kernel]}}
-u, --udevboolean

Print device events after being processed by `udev`

Example: sudo udevadm monitor {{[-u|--udev]}}
-a, --attribute-walkboolean

List attributes of device `/dev/sda`

Example: sudo udevadm info {{[-a|--attribute-walk]}} {{/dev/sda}}
-R, --reloadboolean

Reload all `udev` rules

Example: sudo udevadm control {{[-R|--reload]}}

Examples (7)

Monitor all device events

sudo udevadm monitor

Print `uevents` sent out by the kernel

sudo udevadm monitor [-k|--kernel]

Print device events after being processed by `udev`

sudo udevadm monitor [-u|--udev]

List attributes of device `/dev/sda`

sudo udevadm info [-a|--attribute-walk] /dev/sda

Reload all `udev` rules

sudo udevadm control [-R|--reload]

Trigger all `udev` rules to run

sudo udevadm trigger

Test an event run by simulating loading of `/dev/sda`

sudo udevadm test /dev/sda
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