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-.TH ovs\-dpctl 8 "August 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
+.TH ovs\-dpctl 8 "@VERSION@" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-dpctl
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.SH NAME
datapaths are displayed. Otherwise, \fBovs\-dpctl\fR displays information
about all configured datapaths.
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-.IP "\fBdump\-flows \fIdp\fR"
+.IP "\fBdump\-flows\fR [\fIdp\fR]"
Prints to the console all flow entries in datapath \fIdp\fR's
-flow table.
+flow table. If \fIdp\fR is not specified and exactly one datapath
+exists, the flows for that datapath will be printed.
.IP
This command is primarily useful for debugging Open vSwitch. The flow
table entries that it displays are not
OpenFlow flow entries. Instead, they are different and considerably
-simpler flows maintained by the Open vSwitch kernel module.
-.IP "\fBdel\-flows \fIdp\fR"
-Deletes all flow entries from datapath \fIdp\fR's flow table.
+simpler flows maintained by the Open vSwitch kernel module. If you wish
+to see the OpenFlow flow entries, use \fBovs\-ofctl dump\-flows\fR.
+.
+.IP "\fBdel\-flows\fR [\fIdp\fR]"
+Deletes all flow entries from datapath \fIdp\fR's flow table. If
+\fIdp\fR is not specified and exactly one datapath exists, the flows for
+that datapath will be deleted.
.IP
This command is primarily useful for debugging Open vSwitch. As
discussed in \fBdump\-flows\fR, these entries are