kdb-find(1) – Find keys in the key database

SYNOPSIS

kdb find <regex>

Where regex is a regular expression which contains the key to find.

DESCRIPTION

This command will list the name of all keys that contain regex.

OPTIONS

• -H, --help: Show the man page.
• -V, --version: Print version info.
• -p, --profile <profile>: Use a different kdb profile.
• -C, --color <when>: Print never/auto(default)/always colored output.
• -v, --verbose: Explain what is happening. Prints additional information in case of errors/warnings.
• -d, --debug: Give debug information. Prints additional debug information in case of errors/warnings.
• -0, --null: Use binary 0 termination.

EXAMPLES

# Backup-and-Restore: user:/tests/find
 
# We use the `dump` plugin, since some storage plugins, e.g. INI,
# create intermediate keys, such as `user:/tests/find/tests/foo`
# for the following test.
sudo kdb mount find.ecf user:/tests/find dump
 
# Create the keys we use for the examples
kdb set user:/tests/find/tests val1
kdb set user:/tests/find/tests/foo/bar val2
kdb set user:/tests/find/tests/fizz/buzz fizzbuzz
kdb set user:/tests/find/tostfizz val3
kdb set user:/tests/find/tust/level lvl
 
# list all keys containing /tests/find/t[eo]
kdb find '/tests/find/t[eo]'
#> user:/tests/find/tests
#> user:/tests/find/tests/fizz/buzz
#> user:/tests/find/tests/foo/bar
#> user:/tests/find/tostfizz
 
# list all keys containing fizz
kdb find 'fizz'
#> user:/tests/find/tests/fizz/buzz
#> user:/tests/find/tostfizz
 
kdb rm -r /tests/find
sudo kdb umount user:/tests/find

SEE ALSO

• If the user would also like to see the values of the keys below path then you should consider the kdb-export(1) command.
• elektra-key-names(7) for an explanation of key names.