From /etc/init.d/kmod-static-nodes: kmod static-nodes --format=tmpfiles --output=/run/tmpfiles.d/kmod.conf kmod --help doesn't mention --format $ man kmod No manual entry for kmod
$ kmod static-nodes --help Usage: kmod static-nodes [options] kmod static-nodes outputs the static-node information of the currently running kernel. Options: -f, --format=FORMAT choose format to use: see "Formats" -o, --output=FILE write output to file -h, --help show this help Formats: human (default) a human readable format. Do not parse. tmpfiles the tmpfiles.d(5) format used by systemd-tmpfiles. devname the modules.devname format.