salt/doc/man/salt-call.1

.TH "SALT-CALL" "1" "January 15, 2013" "0.12.0" "Salt"
.SH NAME
salt-call \- salt-call Documentation
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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salt\-call [options]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The salt\-call command is used to run module functions locally on a minion
instead of executing them from the master.
.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-h, \-\-help
Print a usage message briefly summarizing these command\-line options
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.B \-g, \-\-grains
Return the information generated by the Salt grains
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.B \-m MODULE_DIRS, \-\-module\-dirs=MODULE_DIRS
Specify an additional directories to pull modules from, multiple
directories can be delimited by commas
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.B \-\-return RETURNER
Set salt\-call to pass the return data to one or many returner interfaces.
To use many returner interfaces specify a comma delimited list of
returners.
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.B \-\-local
Run salt\-call locally, as if there was no master running.
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.B \-d, \-\-doc
Return the documentation for the specified module or for all modules if
none are specified
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.B \-l LOG_LEVEL, \-\-log\-level=LOG_LEVEL
Console log level. One of \fBinfo\fP, \fBnone\fP, \fBgarbage\fP,
\fBtrace\fP, \fBwarning\fP, \fBerror\fP, \fBdebug\fP. For the logfile
settings see the config file. Default: \fBinfo\fP.
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.B \-c CONFIG_DIR, \-\-config\-dir=CONFIG_dir
The location of the Salt configuration directory, this directory contains
the configuration files for Salt master and minions. The default location
on most systems is /etc/salt.
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.B \-\-out
Pass in an alternative outputter to display the return of data. This
outputter can be any of the available outputters:
grains, highstate, json, key, overstatestage, pprint, raw, txt, yaml
Some outputters are formatted only for data returned from specific
functions, for instance the grains outputter will not work for non grains
data.
If an outputter is used that does not support the data passed into it, then
Salt will fall back on the pprint outputter and display the return data
using the python pprint library.
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.B \-\-out\-indent OUTPUT_INDENT, \-\-output\-indent OUTPUT_INDENT
Print the output indented by the provided value in spaces. Negative values
disables indentation. Only applicable in outputters that support indentation.
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.B \-\-no\-color
Disable all colored output
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.B \-\-version
Show program\(aqs version number and exit
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.B \-\-versions\-report
Show program\(aqs dependencies version number and exit
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIsalt(1)\fP
\fIsalt\-master(1)\fP
\fIsalt\-minion(1)\fP
.SH AUTHOR
Thomas S. Hatch <thatch45@gmail.com> and many others, please see the Authors file
.SH COPYRIGHT
2013, Thomas S. Hatch
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