debian man page for puppet-parser

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NAME
       puppet-parser - Interact directly with the parser.

SYNOPSIS
       puppet parser action

OPTIONS
       Note  that  any configuration parameter that's valid in the configuration file is also a valid long argument, although it may or may not be
       relevant to the present action. For example, server is a valid configuration parameter, so you can  specify  --server  <servername>  as	an
       argument.

       See the configuration file documentation at http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/configuration.html for the full list of acceptable
       parameters. A commented list of all configuration options can also be generated by running puppet with --genconfig.

       --mode MODE
	      The run mode to use for the current action. Valid modes are user, agent, and master.

       --render-as FORMAT
	      The format in which to render output. The most common formats are json, s (string), yaml, and console, but other options such as dot
	      are sometimes available.

       --verbose
	      Whether to log verbosely.

       --debug
	      Whether to log debug information.

ACTIONS
       validate - Validate the syntax of one or more Puppet manifests.
	      SYNOPSIS

	      puppet parser validate [manifest] [manifest ...]

	      DESCRIPTION

	      This  action validates Puppet DSL syntax without compiling a catalog or syncing any resources. If no manifest files are provided, it
	      will validate the default site manifest.

	      RETURNS

	      Nothing, or the first syntax error encountered.

EXAMPLES
       validate

       Validate the default site manifest at /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp:

       $ puppet parser validate

       Validate two arbitrary manifest files:

       $ puppet parser validate init.pp vhost.pp

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING

Puppet Labs, LLC						     June 2012							  PUPPET-PARSER(8)