genl(1) manual page

The genl utility provides user access to generic netlink protocols.

The following commands are available:

list (default )

Lists all available generic netlink protocols, and presents its details:

operations Id of the operation if any and associated capabilities

multicast groups

Id of the available multicast group if any and it associated name

monitor <family >[multicast group ]

Connect to the family protocol and subscribe to the multicast group then print the received messages in a readable format if the protocol is known. So far only "nlctrl" and "nlsysevent" are known. If no multicast group are provided then all the groups are subscribed to.

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list (default )
	Lists all available generic netlink protocols, and presents its details:

operations	Id of the operation if any and associated capabilities
multicast groups
	Id of the available multicast group if any and it associated name

monitor <family >[multicast group ]
	Connect to the family protocol and subscribe to the multicast group then print the received messages in a readable format if the protocol is known. So far only "nlctrl" and "nlsysevent" are known. If no multicast group are provided then all the groups are subscribed to.