nvme-nvm-id-ctrl(1)
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NAME
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nvme-nvm-id-ctrl - Send NVMe Identify Controller, return NVM command set structure

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'nvme nvm-id-ctrl' <device> [-o <fmt> | --output-format=<fmt>]

DESCRIPTION
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For the NVMe device given, sends the NVM command set's identify controller
command and provides the result and returned structure.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character
device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

On success, the data structure returned by the device will be decoded and
displayed in one of several ways.

OPTIONS
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-o <format>::
--output-format=<format>::
              Set the reporting format to 'normal', 'json', or
              'binary'. Only one output format can be used at a time.

EXAMPLES
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* Has the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known
fields in a human readable format:
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# nvme nvm-id-ctrl /dev/nvme0
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* Show the output in json format
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# nvme nvm-id-ctrl /dev/nvme0 -o json
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NVME
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Part of nvme-cli