nvme-primary-ctrl-caps(1)
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NAME
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nvme-primary-ctrl-caps - Send identify Primary Controller Caps, return result and structure

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'nvme primary-ctrl-caps' <device> [--output-format=<fmt> | -o <fmt>] [--verbose | -v]

DESCRIPTION
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For the NVMe device given, sends an identify primary Controller caps 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 structure may be returned in one of several ways depending
on the option flags; the structure may be parsed by the program or the
raw buffer may be printed to stdout.

OPTIONS
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-H::
--human-readable::
	This option will parse and format many of the bit fields
	into human-readable formats.

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

-v::
--verbose::
	Increase the information detail in the output.

EXAMPLES
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* Get Primary Ctrl Caps of the device in default format
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# nvme primary-ctrl-caps /dev/nvme0
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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 primary-ctrl-caps /dev/nvme0 --human-readable
# nvme primary-ctrl-caps /dev/nvme0 -H
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NVME
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Part of the nvme-user suite