CHECK_HD(1)

💅 check_hd(1) — General Commands Manual 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the General Commands Manual corner of the internet today, and the star of the show is check_hd. she's a little utility, she's lowkey iconic, and she's about to make your hardware data look so put together. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

manual page for check_hd — yep, that's literally her whole name tag. no cap, that's what it says. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

check_hd [options] files

you pass her some files and some options and she does her thing. main character energy fr fr 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the whole vibe here: try to put hardware data into a consistent form. that's the mission. she takes your messy little hardware data and she styles it. periodt. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --check — she does a lot of checks and removes the unnecessary data. the full audit, the closet clean-out, the "girl why is this still here" moment 💀
• --sort — sorts the data. that's it. that's the option. king behavior 👑
• --reverse — flips the sorting order around, so it's reverse. backwards but make it fashion 💅
• --split — writes separate entries for each key. one key, one entry, no grouping, no sharing 🎀
• --with-source — adds a comment to each item showing where the info came from. receipts!! she shows her work 💖
• --mini — minimal data base (basically driver info only). tiny, cute, stripped down, basically driver info only 🧚
• --join-keys-first — when she's combining similar items, this makes her join entries with common keys first. the default is common values first, so this flag is the plot twist 🌈
• --cfile file — creates a C file to be included in libhd. fancy!! 🎀
• --no-compact — tells her don't try to make the C version as small as possible. she will simply not shrink it, and honestly? respect 💅
• --out file — writes the results to file. the default is "hd.ids" 🍓
• --log file — writes log info to file. the default is "hd.log" 🌸

Note: check_hd works with libhd/hwinfo internal format only; to convert to other formats, use convert_hd. no cap, she is not a converter, she's a formatter. do not ask her to be something she's not 😭

and that's the whole page bestie!! that's genuinely it, no extra lore, no hidden boss fights. this one came to us straight out of the User Commands section of the manual, and there's no date stamp on this beauty, so we're just vibing with the source as given. stay consistent out there ✨💖🦋🎀💅