NAME

avahi-browse - Browse for mDNS/DNS-SD services using the Avahi daemon

SYNOPSIS

avahi-browse [options] service-type

avahi-browse [options] --all

avahi-browse [options] --browse-domains

avahi-browse [options] --dump-db

avahi-browse-domains [options]

DESCRIPTION

Browse for mDNS/DNS-SD network services and browsing domains using the Avahi daemon.

OPTIONS

Specify a DNS-SD service type (e.g. _http._tcp) to browse for on the command line, or -a to browse for all available service types. Items that appear on the network are prefixed with "+", items that disappear are prefixed with "-". If --resolve is passed items that are resolved are prefixed with "=".

-a | --all: Browse for all service types registered on the LAN, not just the one specified on the command line.
-D | --browse-domains: Browse for browsing domains instead for services. avahi-browse-domains is equivalent to avahi-browse --browse-domains
-d | --domain= DOMAIN: Browse in the specified domain. If omitted avahi-browse will browse in the default browsing domain (usually: local)
-v | --verbose: Enable verbose mode.
-t | --terminate: Terminate after dumping a more or less complete list.
-c | --cache: Terminate after dumping all entries available in the cache.
-l | --ignore-local: Ignore local services, show only remote services.
-r | --resolve: Automatically resolve services found.
-f | --no-fail: Don't fail if the daemon is not found running. Instead, wait until it appears. If it disconnects, try to reconnect.
-p | --parsable: Make output easily parsable for usage in scripts. If enabled fields are separated by semicolons (;), service names are escaped. It is recommended to combine this with --no-db-lookup.
-k | --no-db-lookup: Don't lookup services types in service type database.
-b | --dump-db: Dump the service type database (may be combined with -k)
-h | --help: Show help.
-V | --version: Show version information.

AUTHORS

The Avahi Developers <avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org>; Avahi is available from http://avahi.org/

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