Print a list of resources with the attributes filled in from node attrs, search, etc.

resource_display.rb

# (sudo) knife exec -c /etc/chef/client.rb resource_display.rb [FILTER]
# This will update the recipes and such on your machine, but it shouldn't make any real changes.
# Coded in 10 minutes, use at your own risk.

require 'chef/client'
require  'chef/checksum_cache'
require 'chef/provider'
require 'chef/providers'
require 'chef/resource'
require 'chef/resources'

Chef::Config[:solo] = false

class Chef
  class Resource

    def run_action(*args)
    end
  end
end

clean_argv = ARGV.select {|arg| arg !~ /^\-/ }
argv_index = clean_argv.index(::File.basename(__FILE__))
filter = clean_argv[argv_index + 1]

#puts clean_argv.inspect
#puts "this = #{argv_index}"
#puts "next = #{clean_argv[argv_index + 1].inspect}"
#exit

controller = ::Chef::Client.new
controller.rest = api
controller.run_ohai
controller.build_node

controller.run_status.start_clock
controller.run_started

run_context = controller.setup_run_context

resources_to_display = run_context.resource_collection.all_resources

if filter
  resources_to_display = resources_to_display.select { |r| r.to_s =~ /#{filter}/ }
  puts "#{resources_to_display.size} matching filter #{filter}"
else
  puts "Showing all resources (#{resources_to_display.size} total)"
end



resources_to_display.each {|r| puts r.to_text; puts "\n" }
exit 0