ARDUINO-CLI-PROFILE-SET-DEFAULT(1)

💖 arduino-cli-profile-set-default ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL, section 1 — this is the page for arduino-cli-profile-set-default, and yeah the name is a whole mouthful but the vibe is simple. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

arduino-cli-profile-set-default — set the default build profile. that's it, that's the whole glow-up 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

arduino-cli profile set-default [flags]

copy that exactly, no cap 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Set the default build profile. literally. you point at a profile, it becomes the profile. main character selection energy 👑

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🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

• -h, --help[=false] — help for set-default. when you're lost, she's got you 🥺
• --sketch-path="" — Location of the sketch. (default is the empty string, so like… nothing, until you say something 🫶)

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these aren't even hers, she inherited them from the parent commands — nepo baby behavior but like, the useful kind 💀

• --additional-urls=[] — Comma-separated list of additional URLs for the Boards Manager.
• --config-dir="" — Sets the default data directory (Arduino CLI will look for configuration file in this directory).
• --config-file="" — The custom config file (if not specified the default will be used).
• --json[=false] — Print the output in JSON format.
• --log[=false] — Print the logs on the standard output.
• --log-file="" — Path to the file where logs will be written.
• --log-format="text" — The output format for the logs, can be: text, json
• --log-level="info" — Messages with this level and above will be logged. Valid levels are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic
• --no-color[=false] — Disable colored output. (sad! the color is the whole vibe 😭 but ok, accessibility queen)
• --json — yes it's listed above too, it's just that iconic ✨

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🧚 EXAMPLE 🧚

ok so here's how she eats:

debian/build/bin/arduino-cli profile set-default my_profile

look at her go 🏃♀️💨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• arduino-cli-profile(1) — her parent, the OG, go say hi 💜

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📜 HISTORY 📜

15-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra. yeah she was born in a generator, we don't gatekeep origins here 🌸

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ngl this entire page is Auto generated by spf13/cobra, and it's dated Aug 2026, in the ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL, section 1. slay, bestie, go set that default profile 💅✨🎀