node-feature-discovery/docs/reference/gc-commandline-reference.md

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# NFD-GC Commandline Flags
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To quickly view available command line flags execute `nfd-gc -help`.
In a docker container:

```bash
docker run {{ site.container_image }} \
nfd-gc -help
```

### -h, -help

Print usage and exit.

### -version

Print version and exit.

### -list-size

The pagination size to use when calling api-server to list nodefeatures. 
Pagination is useful for controlling the load on api-server/etcd as the nodefeature resources can be large.
A value of 0 will disable pagination.

Default: 200

Example:

```bash
nfd-gc -list-size=100
```

### -gc-interval

The `-gc-interval` specifies the interval between periodic garbage collector runs.

Default: 1h

Example:

```bash
nfd-gc -gc-interval=1h
```