FC-PATTERN(1)

🌸 fc-pattern — parse and show pattern 🌸

Manual-name moment: FC-PATTERN(1), bestie. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

fc-pattern — parse and show pattern. That’s literally the name section, and it ate. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fc-pattern [ -cdVh ]  [ --config ]  [ --default ]  [  [ -f format ]  [
--format format ]  ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]

 [ pattern  [ element... ]   ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

fc-pattern parses pattern (empty pattern by default) and shows the parsed result. No cap. 👑

If --config is given, config substitution is performed on the pattern before being displayed. If --default is given, default substitution is performed on the pattern before being displayed. Both are very “before the reveal” of it all. 💫

If any elements are specified, only those are printed. Filtered, focused, iconic. 🎀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). A summary of options is included below. The synopsis also includes --config, --default, --format format, --version, and --help. 🌈

• -c — Perform config substitution on pattern.
• -d — Perform default substitution on pattern.
• -f — Format output according to the format specifier format.
• -V — Show version of the program and exit.
• -h — Show summary of options.
• pattern — Parses and displays pattern (uses empty pattern by default).
• element — If set, the element property is displayed for parsed pattern.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

FcNameParse(3) FcConfigSubstitute(3) FcDefaultSubstitute(3) FcPatternPrint(3) FcPatternFormat(3) fc-cat(1) fc-cache(1) fc-list(1) fc-match(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)

The fontconfig user’s guide: <URL:https://fontconfig.pages.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html> 🦋

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>. Respect the maintainer, fr fr. 🫶

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Bye bestie — this was the FC-PATTERN(1) manual, dated Apr 20, 2010. Go parse a pattern and slay. 💖