Given that you have a node with some attributes (see that fqdn is a nested attribute)
root@crowbar:~ # knife node show d52-54-77-77-01-01.virtual.cloud.suse.de -F json | head
{
"name": "d52-54-77-77-01-01.virtual.cloud.suse.de",
"chef_environment": "_default",
"run_list": [
"role[crowbar-d52-54-77-77-01-01_virtual_cloud_suse_de]"
],
"normal": {
"fqdn": "d52-54-77-77-01-01.virtual.cloud.suse.de",
"crowbar": {
"network": {
You want to do some searches:
root@crowbar:~ # knife search node 'name:d52-54-77-77-01-01.virtual.cloud.suse.de' -i
1 items found
d52-54-77-77-01-01.virtual.cloud.suse.de
And if you are interested in the fqdn, you do not need to specify the full path:
root@crowbar:~ # knife search node 'fqdn:d52-54-77-77-01-01.virtual.cloud.suse.de' -i
1 items found
d52-54-77-77-01-01.virtual.cloud.suse.de
