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pibootctl-list - pibootctl manual

pibootctl list [-h] [--json | --yaml | --shell]


List all stored boot configurations.

Show a brief help page for the command.

Use JSON as the output format.

Use YAML as the output format.

Use a tab-delimited output format suitable for the shell.

The list command is used to display the content of the store of boot configurations:

$ pibootctl list
+---------+--------+---------------------+
| Name    | Active | Timestamp           |
|---------+--------+---------------------|
| 720p    | x      | 2020-03-10 11:33:24 |
| default |        | 2020-03-10 11:32:12 |
| dpi     |        | 2020-02-01 15:46:48 |
| gpi     |        | 2020-02-01 16:13:02 |
+---------+--------+---------------------+


If one (or more) of the stored configurations match the current boot configuration, this will be indicated in the "Active" column. Note that equivalence is based on a hash of all files in the configuration, not on the resulting settings. Hence a simple edit like, for example, reversing the order of two lines (which might not make any difference to the resulting settings) would be sufficient to mark the configuration as "different".

The "timestamp" of a stored configuration is the last modification date of that configuration (calculated as the latest modification date of all files within the configuration).

For developers wishing to build on top of pibootctl, options are provided to produce the output in JSON (--json), YAML (--yaml), and shell-friendly (--shell). These combine with all aforementioned options as expected:

$ pibootctl list --json
[{"timestamp": "2020-02-01T15:46:48", "active": false, "name": "dpi"},
{"timestamp": "2020-03-10T11:32:12", "active": false, "name": "default"},
{"timestamp": "2020-02-01T16:13:02", "active": false, "name": "gpi"},
{"timestamp": "2020-03-10T11:33:24", "active": true, "name": "720p"}]


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September 14, 2020 0.5.2