DEVIO(1)

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version 1.2 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 DEVIO(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual section of your terminal, and today's main character is devio — a whole program whose entire personality is reading and writing from block devices. no cap. she's simple, she's slay, she does exactly one thing and does it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

devio — the program that reads and writes from block devices 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

devio [options] files...

like. give her some options if you want, then hand her the files. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this manual page is the lil quick-and-casual rundown of the devio command. not the novel, just the sparknotes. 🫶

devio is a command line program, and her whole purpose in life — her calling, her destiny, her main character arc — is to read and write from block devices. that's it. she's not doing your taxes, she's not folding your laundry. block devices only. periodt. 👑

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

okay so she follows the usual GNU command line syntax, which means long options start with two dashes (-). iykyk. the full menu of what she'll accept is right down here: ⬇️

  • -h, --help — shows you the summary of options, aka the lil cheat sheet. when in doubt, ask for help. iconic behaviour honestly. 💫
  • -v, --version — shows you the version of the program. so you can be like "which devio is this" and she'll tell you. no gatekeeping. 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

if you liked devio, you should absolutely check out her co-stars: dd(1) and cat(1). the holy trinity of just reading bytes, honestly. 💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

devio was written by John Bowler <jbowler@acm.org>. give him his flowers, bestie. 💐

this manual page was written by Rod Whitby <rod@whitby.id.au>, for the Debian project — but plot twist, it may be used by others too. so generous. we love to see it. 🥹

aaaand that's the whole page, babe. 🌈 this lil time capsule was born on October 18, 2005 and it's still serving looks from the DEVIO(1) corner of the manual. mwah. 💋 stay hydrated, back up your block devices, and don't dd onto the wrong disk. 💕

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