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avahi-browse — Display services and hosts exposed on the local network via mDNS/DNS-SD. Avahi is compatible with Bo

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Problem

How to use the avahi-browse command: Display services and hosts exposed on the local network via mDNS/DNS-SD. Avahi is compatible with Bonjour (Zeroconf) found in Apple devices. More information: <https://manned.org/avahi-browse>.

Solution

avahi-browse — Display services and hosts exposed on the local network via mDNS/DNS-SD. Avahi is compatible with Bonjour (Zeroconf) found in Apple devices. More information: <https://manned.org/avahi-browse>.

List services available on the local network along with their addresses and ports, ignoring ones on the local machine:

avahi-browse {{[-a|--all]}} {{[-r|--resolve]}} {{[-l|--ignore-local]}}

Quickly list services in the local network in SSV format for scripts:

avahi-browse {{[-a|--all]}} {{[-t|--terminate]}} {{[-p|--parsable]}}

List domains in the neighbourhood:

avahi-browse {{[-D|--browse-domains]}}

Limit the search to a particular domain:

avahi-browse {{[-a|--all]}} --domain={{domain}}

Code Snippets

List services available on the local network along with their addresses and ports, ignoring ones on the local machine

avahi-browse {{[-a|--all]}} {{[-r|--resolve]}} {{[-l|--ignore-local]}}

Quickly list services in the local network in SSV format for scripts

avahi-browse {{[-a|--all]}} {{[-t|--terminate]}} {{[-p|--parsable]}}

List domains in the neighbourhood

avahi-browse {{[-D|--browse-domains]}}

Limit the search to a particular domain

avahi-browse {{[-a|--all]}} --domain={{domain}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/avahi-browse

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