SYNOPSIS

        kldfind [-qv] -c category ...
        kldfind [-qv] -s string   ...
        kldfind  -h

DESCRIPTION

       To find kernel modules more easily, the script accept these arguments:

OPTIONS

       -h display a short help text

       -c use to find kld by category

       -s match strings for all kld's

       -v increase verbose display, with short description and sumary for all
       modules' directories

       -q quiet; does not write anything to standard output, return 0 if any
       match befound but strings for all kld's

EXAMPLES

       All occurrents for acpi category using the default output (short)

        kldfind -c acpi

        /boot/kernel/acpi_asus.ko
        /boot/kernel/acpi_fujitsu.ko
        /boot/kernel/acpi_ibm.ko
        /boot/kernel/acpi_panasonic.ko
        /boot/kernel/acpi_sony.ko
        /boot/kernel/acpi_toshiba.ko
        /boot/kernel/acpi_video.ko
        /boot/kernel/acpi_dock.ko

       Now using verbose output:

        kldfind -vc acpi

        ====>   Search finished, 8 resultes for /boot/kernel

              KLD                      Description
              ---                      -----------

        ===>  acpi_asus,           --- Asus Laptop Extras
        ===>  acpi_fujitsu,        --- Fujitsu Laptop Extras
        ===>  acpi_ibm,            --- ACPI extras driver for IBM laptops
        ===>  acpi_panasonic,      --- ACPI hotkey driver for Panasonic laptops
        ===>  acpi_sony,           --- ACPI notebook controller driver for Sony laptops
        ===>  acpi_toshiba,        --- Toshiba HCI interface
        ===>  acpi_video,          --- ACPI Video Extensions driver
        ===>  acpi_dock,           --- No manual entry for acpi_dock
              KLD                      Description
              ---                      -----------

        ===>  snd_es137x,          --- Ensoniq AudioPCI ES137x bridge device drive

        Is possible to use kldfind in your script without shell redirect, using quiet output

        if kldfind -qs unknown;then echo YES;else echo NO;fi
       NO

        if kldfind -qs geom_gate;then echo YES;else echo NO;fi
       YES

EXIT STATUS

       kldfind returns  a  zero  exit  status if it succeeds, a non-zero value
       is returned in case of failure.

AUTHOR

       Ricardo A. Reis <ricardo.areis@gmail.com>

SEE ALSO

       kldstat(8),kldload(8),kldconfig(8)



9 November 2007                 9 November 2007                     KLDFIND(8)