EB_CLIENT_FILE(1)

💖 EB_CLIENT_FILE 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to eb_client_file — she's a lil' command-line girly from the User Commands section of the manual, and she has ONE job: export entropy data to a file. that's it. that's the whole personality. and honestly? iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

eb_client_file — bestie, she literally just exports entropy data to a file. no cap. 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this is eb_client_file v1.0, and the copyright tea is (C) 2009-2012 by folkert@vanheusden.com. give her her flowers, she's been doing this since forever. 💐

now here's the whole menu of flags, and listen — every single one matters, so don't skip any of them, i'm watching 👀

• -i host — the eb-host you wanna connect to. like, where's she going? this is where. 🦋
• -f file — the file she's gonna write to. the destination. the moment. 💅
• -c count — how many bytes to write. number of bytes. exactly that many. 🔢
• -l file — log to the file called file. keep the receipts, bestie. 📝
• -s — log to syslog instead. very system-y of her. 🖥️
• -n — do not fork. she stays right here with you. no detaching, no ghosting. 🫶
• -P file — the file to write the PID to. that's her lil' name tag so you can find her later. 🏷️
• -X file — the file to read the password from. secrets stay in files, not in your shell history, we love that for us. 🔐

lowkey reminder: -P and -X both take a file argument, so don't leave them hanging with nothing after them, okay? 💖

🧚 a lil' sign-off 🧚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! eb_client_file was written down in the manual back in July 2012, and yeah — that's the same name as the page itself, we love a self-titled queen. 👑

go forth and export that entropy. slay. periodt 💅✨🌸