{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "tipc-nametable",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tipc-nametable/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-08T10:25:49Z",
    "synopsis": "",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "tipc-nametable - show TIPC nametable\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "tipc nametable show",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "Options (flags) that can be passed anywhere in the command chain.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-h --help",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-h",
                    "long": "--help"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-j -json",
                    "content": "Output results in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).\n\n",
                    "flag": "-j"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-p -pretty",
                    "content": "The default JSON format is compact and more efficient to parse but hard for most users\nto read.  This flag adds indentation for readability.\n\nShow  help  about  last  valid  command.  For  example tipc nametable --help will show\nnametable help and tipc --help will show general help. The position of the  option  in\nthe string is irrelevant.\n\n",
                    "flag": "-p"
                }
            ]
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The nametable shows TIPC publication information.\n\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "Nametable format",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "Type",
                    "content": "The  32-bit  type  field of the port name. The type field often indicates the class of\nservice provided by a port.\n\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Lower",
                    "content": "The lower bound of the 32-bit instance field of the port name.  The instance field  is\noften used as as a sub-class indicator.\n\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Upper",
                    "content": "The  upper bound of the 32-bit instance field of the port name.  The instance field is\noften used as as a sub-class indicator.  A difference in lower  and  upper  means  the\nsocket is bound to the port name range [lower,upper]\n\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Port Identity",
                    "content": "The  unique  socket  (port) identifier within the TIPC cluster. The port identity con‐\nsists of a node identity followed by a socket reference number.\n\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Publication",
                    "content": "The publication ID is a random number used internally to represent a publication.\n\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Scope",
                    "content": "The publication scope specifies the visibility of a bound port name.  The scope can be\nspecified to comprise three different domains: node, cluster and  zone.   Applications\nresiding  within  the  specified scope can see and access the port using the displayed\nport name.\n\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "EXIT STATUS": {
            "content": "Exit status is 0 if command was successful or a positive integer upon failure.\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "tipc(8),  tipc-bearer(8),  tipc-link(8),  tipc-media(8),  tipc-node(8),  tipc-peer(8),  tipc-\nsocket(8)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "REPORTING BUGS": {
            "content": "Report any bugs to the Network Developers mailing list <netdev@vger.kernel.org> where the de‐\nvelopment and maintenance is primarily done.  You do not have to be subscribed to the list to\nsend a message there.\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Richard Alpe <richard.alpe@ericsson.com>\n\niproute2                                     02 Jun 2015                           TIPC-NAMETABLE(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "tipc-nametable - show TIPC nametable",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": "--help",
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-j",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Output results in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-p",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "The default JSON format is compact and more efficient to parse but hard for most users to read. This flag adds indentation for readability. Show help about last valid command. For example tipc nametable --help will show nametable help and tipc --help will show general help. The position of the option in the string is irrelevant."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "tipc",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tipc/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "tipc-bearer",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tipc-bearer/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "tipc-link",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tipc-link/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "tipc-media",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tipc-media/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "tipc-node",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tipc-node/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "tipc-peer",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tipc-peer/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "socket",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/socket/8/json"
        }
    ]
}