---
name: "slptool"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "slptool"
version: "1.2.1-10+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/slptool"
---

# slptool(1)

SLP command line tool

## NAME

slptool - SLP command line tool

## SYNOPSIS

**/usr/bin/slpd** **\[-v\|--version\]** **\[-s\|--scope scopes\]** **\[-l\|--language languagetag\]** **\[command \[arguments\]\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**slptool** is a command line tool to make SLPv2 User Agent (UA) requests. It can be used for SLP lookup/advertisement in shell scripts or as a diagnostic tool.

## OPTIONS

- **-v\|--version**

  displays version of slptool and OpenSLP.

- **-s\|--scope** *scopes*

  *scopes* is a comma separated list of scopes applicable for the command.

- **\[-l\|--language** *languagetag*

  *languagetag* is the language tag to be used for the command.

- **findsrvs** *service-type \[filter\]*

  - **findattrs** *url \[attrids\]*

  - **findsrvtypes** *\[authority\]*

  - **findscopes**

  - **register** *url \[attrs\]*

  - **deregister** *url*

  - **getproperty** *propertyname*

  ## EXAMPLES

slptool register service:myserv.x://myhost.com "(attr1=val1),(attr2=val2)"

slptool findsrvs service:myserv.x

slptool findsrvs service:myserv.x "(attr1=val1)"

slptool findattrs service:myserv.x://myhost.com

slptool findattrs service:myserv.x://myhost.com attr1

slptool deregister service:myserv.x://myhost.com

slptool getproperty net.slp.useScopes

## SEE ALSO

"OpenSLP User's Guide"

## NOTES

This man page was written for the Debian project by Debian Developer Ganesan Rajagopal (rganesan@debian.org). You should refer to the online html documentation in the **openslp-doc** package for more complete and up-to-date information.

## BUGS

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=1730&atid=101730

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

**OpenSLP** is developed and maintained by The OpenSLP Project (http://www.openslp.org/).