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BPFTOOL
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tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF programs and maps
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.. include:: substitutions.rst
SYNOPSIS
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**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] *OBJECT* { *COMMAND* | **help** }
**bpftool** **batch file** *FILE*
**bpftool** **version**
*OBJECT* := { **map** | **prog** | **link** | **cgroup** | **perf** | **net** | **feature** |
**btf** | **gen** | **struct_ops** | **iter** }
*OPTIONS* := { { **-V** | **--version** } | |COMMON_OPTIONS| }
*MAP-COMMANDS* :=
{ **show** | **list** | **create** | **dump** | **update** | **lookup** | **getnext** |
**delete** | **pin** | **event_pipe** | **help** }
*PROG-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **dump jited** | **dump xlated** | **pin** |
**load** | **attach** | **detach** | **help** }
*LINK-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **pin** | **detach** | **help** }
*CGROUP-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **attach** | **detach** | **help** }
*PERF-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **help** }
*NET-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **help** }
*FEATURE-COMMANDS* := { **probe** | **help** }
*BTF-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **dump** | **help** }
*GEN-COMMANDS* := { **object** | **skeleton** | **min_core_btf** | **help** }
*STRUCT-OPS-COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **dump** | **register** | **unregister** | **help** }
*ITER-COMMANDS* := { **pin** | **help** }
DESCRIPTION
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*bpftool* allows for inspection and simple modification of BPF objects
on the system.
Note that format of the output of all tools is not guaranteed to be
stable and should not be depended upon.
OPTIONS
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.. include:: common_options.rst
-m, --mapcompat
Allow loading maps with unknown map definitions.
-n, --nomount
Do not automatically attempt to mount any virtual file system
(such as tracefs or BPF virtual file system) when necessary.