nl-classid-lookup(8)

nl-classid-lookup8

Lookup classid definitions

Usage

nl-classid-lookup [-hv] [-r] [--raw] name

Overview

nl-classid-lookup searches the classid database for a matching entry. It is used to resolve qdisc/class names to classid values and vice versa.

Options

-h or --help

Print help text to console and exit.

-v or --version

Print versioning information to console and exit.

-r or --reverse

Do a reverse lookup. Lookup a classid and print its name.

--raw

Print the raw classid in hexadecimal format, do not pretty print it.

Usage

Resolve the qdisc/class name "interactive":

# nl-classid-lookup interactive

Lookup the name of classid 1:2:

# nl-classid-lookup -r 1:2

Files

/etc/libnl/classid

Releases

Unchanged in 8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

  1. 7–Arch

Author

Thomas Graf is the original author and current maintainer of libnl and libnl tools. Many people have contributed to it since.

From libnl 3.12.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.