get var

Get attributes of a process-wide variable.

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Show the existence, type, and contents of the named process-wide variable. Only process-wide variables are readable, so the name must begin with proc.. Other names fail. This command requires a CLI level of operator or admin.

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Get attributes of process-wide variable proc_arch:

nix
echo "get var proc.arch" | \
  sudo socat stdio tcp4-connect:127.0.0.1:9999

nix
echo "get var proc.arch" | \
  sudo socat stdio tcp4-connect:127.0.0.1:9999

output
text
proc.arch: type=str value=<arch1> 

output
text
proc.arch: type=str value=<arch1> 

See also Jump to heading #

• set var