search_patches

Searches patches from the ARU site or software library with the specified search criteria.

Format

emcli search_patches
        [-swlib] 
        [-patch_name="patch_name"] 
        [-product="product_id" [-include_all_products_in_family]] 
        [-release="release_id"] 
        [-platform="platform_id" | -language="language_id"]
        [-type="patch | patchset"] 
        [-noheader]
        [-script | -xml | -format=
                                  [name:<pretty|script|csv>];
                                  [column_separator:"column_sep_string"]; 
                                  [row_separator:"row_sep_string"];
        ] 

[ ]  indicates that the parameter is optional

Options

swlib

Searches patches in the software library if this option is provided, whether the current connection mode is online or offline.
patch_name

Patch name, number, or Sun CR ID. This option is only valid in Simple Search mode. If you provide this option, the Simple Search mode is enabled. If the options specific to Advanced Search mode are provided along with this option, they will not take effect.
product

Patch product/product family ID. Run the command "emcli list_aru_products" to search the product ID.
include_all_products_in_family

Takes the specified product ID as a product family ID and includes all products in this product family while searching patches. This option is valid only when you provide the 'product' option.
release

Patch release ID. Run the command "emcli list_aru_releases" to search for the release ID.
platform

Patch platform ID. Run the command "emcli list_aru_platforms" to search for the platform ID.
language

Patch language ID. Run the command "emcli list_aru_languages" to search for the language ID.
type

Patch type.
noheader

Displays tabular information without column headers.
script

This option is equivalent to -format="name:script".
xml

Displays the patch information in XML format.
format

Format specification (default is -format="name:pretty").
- format="name:pretty" prints the output table in a readable format not intended to be parsed by scripts.
- format="name:script" sets the default column separator to a tab and the default row separator to a newline. The column and row separator strings can be specified to change these defaults.
- format="name:csv" sets the column separator to a comma and the row separator to a newline.
- format=column_separator:"column_sep_string" column-separates the verb output by <column_sep_string>. Rows are separated by the newline character.
- row_separator:"row_sep_string" row-separates the verb output by <row_sep_string>. Rows are separated by the tab character.

Examples

emcli search_patches -patch_name=6880880  -platform=226 -swlib 

emcli search_patches -patch_name=6880880  -platform=226 -language=0 -xml 

emcli search_patches -product=9480  -release=80102030  -platform=226 -type=patch -format=name:pretty

emcli search_patches -product=9480  -release=80102030 type=patch -xml 

emcli search_patches -product=9480  -release=80102030 -script

emcli search_patches -product=9480 -release=80102030 type=patchset -format=name:csv