06-05-2013
Thanks for your reply, but probably I didn't express my question adequately... with the example using $key, I meant that if its only a variable previously defined what I want to print within the cat call, there is no problem, but if its the content of a file like geom.txt what I want to print within, it doesn't work the same way, that is by using $geom.txt it does not print the content of geom.txt... so in the "code example" I provided, in the line just after $key, what I really want is the actual content of geom.txt (which is a file that already exists in my working directory).
Thanks again,
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GEOM(8) BSD System Manager's Manual GEOM(8)
NAME
geom -- universal control utility for GEOM classes
SYNOPSIS
geom class help
geom class list [-a] [name ...]
geom class status [-ags] [name ...]
geom class load [-v]
geom class unload [-v]
DESCRIPTION
The geom utility is used to control various GEOM classes. A class has to be aware of geom(8) communication methods, but there are also some
standard commands which can be used for existing geom(8) unaware classes. Here is the list of standard commands:
help List all available commands for the given class.
list Print detailed information (within the given class) about all geoms (if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms.
This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel. Additional options include:
-a Print information for geoms without providers.
status Print general information (within the given class) about all geoms (if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms.
This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
Additional options include:
-a When used with -g, print status for geoms without providers.
-g Report statuses for geoms instead of providers.
-s Produce script-friendly output.
load Load the kernel module that implements the given class. This command is only available if the class does not yet exist in the kernel
and the file geom_<class>.ko can be found in one of the directories specified in kern.module_path sysctl.
unload Unload the kernel module which implements the given class. This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a kernel
module.
Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which are stored in /lib/geom/ directory and are loaded via dlopen(3) function
when the class name is known. When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be available under the name of
gclass.
Currently available classes which are aware of geom(8):
o CACHE
o CONCAT
o ELI
o JOURNAL
o LABEL
o MIRROR
o MOUNTVER
o MULTIPATH
o NOP
o PART
o RAID
o RAID3
o SCHED
o SHSEC
o STRIPE
o VIRSTOR
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of geom:
GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH Specifies the path where shared libraries are stored instead of /lib/geom/. Multiple paths can be specified with a colon-
separated list of paths.
EXIT STATUS
Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
EXAMPLES
The following example shows how to set up a stripe on three disks for automatic configuration:
geom stripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
or:
gstripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
Print the list of all providers from the DISK class:
geom disk list
Unload a kernel module which implements the MD class:
geom md unload
SEE ALSO
libgeom(3), geom(4), gcache(8), gconcat(8), geli(8), gjournal(8), glabel(8), gmirror(8), gmountver(8), gmultipath(8), gnop(8), gpart(8),
graid3(8), gsched(8), gshsec(8), gstripe(8), gvirstor(8)
HISTORY
The geom utility appeared in FreeBSD 5.3.
AUTHORS
Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
BSD
January 5, 2011 BSD