# GENL - generic netlink utility frontend - man(8) - [phpMan]

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## NAME
       genl - generic netlink utility frontend

## SYNOPSIS
       **genl **[ **-s**[**tatistics**] ] [ **-d**[**etails**] ] [ **-r**[**aw**] ] **OBJECT**

       **genl **{ **-V**[**ersion**] | **-h**[**elp**] }

       _OBJECT_ := { **ctrl _**CTRL_OPTS_ }

       _CTRL_OPTS_ := { **help **| **list **| **monitor **| **get _**PARMS_ }

       _PARMS_ := { **name _**NAME_ | **id _**ID_ }

## DESCRIPTION
       The **genl **utility provides a simple frontend to the generic netlink library. Although it's de‐
       signed  to support multiple _OBJECT_s, for now only the **ctrl **object is available, which is used
       to query the generic netlink controller.

### ctrl
       The generic netlink controller can be queried in various ways:

       **help   **This command just prints a help text for the **ctrl **object.

       **list   **Show the registered netlink users.

### monitor
              Listen for generic netlink notifications.

       **get    **Query the controller for a given user, identified either by **name **or **id**.

## OPTIONS
       genl supports the following options.

### -h, -help
              Show summary of options.

### -V, -Version
              Show version of program.

### -s, -stats, -statistics
              Show object statistics.

### -d, -details
              Show object details.

### -r, -raw
              Dump raw output only.

## SEE ALSO
       [**ip**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ip/8/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       genl was written by Jamal Hadi Salim <<hadi@cyberus.ca>>.

       This manual page was written by Petr Sabata <<contyk@redhat.com>>.

iproute2                                     29 Oct 2015                                     [_GENL_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GENL/8/markdown)