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WDCTL(8)                                        System Administration                                        WDCTL(8)



NAME
       wdctl - show hardware watchdog status

SYNOPSIS
       wdctl [options] [device...]

DESCRIPTION
       Show  hardware  watchdog  status.   The default device is /dev/watchdog.  If more than one device is specified
       then the output is separated by one blank line.

       Note that number of supported watchdog features is hardware specific.

OPTIONS
       -f, --flags list
              Print selected flags only.

       -F, --noflags
              Do not print information about flags.

       -n, --noheadings
              Do not print a header line for flags table.

       -I, --noident
              Do not print watchdog identity information.

       -T, --notimeouts
              Do not print watchdog timeouts.

       -s, --settimeout seconds
              Set the watchdog timeout in seconds.

       -o, --output list
              Define the output columns to use in table of watchdog flags.  If no output  arrangement  is  specified,
              then a default set is used.  Use --help to get list of all supported columns.

       -O, --oneline
              Print all wanted information on one line in key="value" output format.

       -V, --version
              Output version information and exit.

       -r, --raw
              Use the raw output format.

       -x, --flags-only
              Same as -I -T.

       -h, --help
              Print a help text and exit.

AUTHORS
       Karel Zak ⟨[email protected]⟩
       Lennart Poettering ⟨[email protected]⟩

AVAILABILITY
       The  wdctl  command  is  part  of  the  util-linux  package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨ftp://