avahi-browse
Browse for mDNS/DNS-SD network services
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
avahi-browse [OPTIONS] [SERVICE-TYPE]
DESCRIPTION
avahi-browse displays services and hosts exposed on the local network via mDNS/DNS-SD (Multicast DNS Service Discovery). It is compatible with Apple's Bonjour/Zeroconf protocol.By default, the tool runs continuously and displays services as they appear or disappear on the network, prefixed with "+" for new and "-" for removed entries. When used with --resolve, it also looks up hostnames and port numbers for discovered services. The --terminate flag causes it to exit after dumping all currently known services, which is useful for scripting.
PARAMETERS
-a, --all
Show all services-r, --resolve
Resolve discovered services to addresses and ports-l, --ignore-local
Ignore services on the local machine-t, --terminate
Terminate after dumping a list (don't wait for more)-p, --parsable
Output in parsable format for scripts-D, --browse-domains
Browse for domains instead of services--domain domain
Limit search to a specific domain-f, --no-fail
Don't fail if the daemon is not running; wait until it appears-k, --no-db-lookup
Don't look up service types in the service type database-b, --dump-db
Dump the service type database-v, --verbose
Enable verbose output
INSTALL
CAVEATS
Requires the Avahi daemon to be running. Services must be advertised via mDNS to be discovered. Network configuration and firewall settings may affect discovery.
HISTORY
avahi-browse is part of the Avahi package, providing mDNS/DNS-SD service discovery on Linux, compatible with Apple's Bonjour.
SEE ALSO
avahi-resolve(1), avahi-publish(1), avahi-daemon(8)
