02-19-2014
Use the find command and don't use commas. I suggest not being so wordy with "does exist". If it exists the find command will tell you.
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hal-find-by-property
hal-find(1M) System Administration Commands hal-find(1M)
NAME
hal-find, hal-find-by-capability, hal-find-by-property - search HAL global device list
SYNOPSIS
hal-find-by-capability --capability capability [--help]
[--verbose] [--version]
hal-find-by-property --key key --string value [--help]
[--verbose] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
The hal-find commands, hal-find-by-capability and hal-find-by-property, search the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) device list by speci-
fied criteria and displays results on the standard output. hal-find-by-capability searches by capability, such as volume or block. hal-
find-by-property searches by property, such as block.is_volume or volume.disc.has_audio.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--capability capability HAL device capability to search for.
--help Display list of options.
--key key The key to the property that is the basis of the search.
--string value The string value associated with the property that is the basis of the search.
--verbose Verbose mode.
--version Display version and exit.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWhalr |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
hald(1M), attributes(5), hal(5)
SunOS 5.11 22 Aug 2006 hal-find(1M)