LIBFEP(1)

📦 version 0.1.0, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 LIBFEP(1) — the fepcli era 💖

okay bestie, welcome to fepcli, the test client to fep 💅 this lil manual page lives in the General Commands Manual and it's literally the whole vibe check for talking to your FEP. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

fepcli — test client to fep

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

fep [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

fepcli is a client to fep(1). that's it, that's the whole relationship 🫶 it's the lil buddy that reaches out to your fep and does stuff for you.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

the fep command follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). a summary of options is included below. obsessed with a classic. 🌸

  • -h, --help — shows you the summary of options, like a little cheat sheet for your bestie ✨
  • -c, --cursor-text=TEXT — renders TEXT at the cursor position 💅
  • -s, --status-text=TEXT — renders TEXT at the bottom of the screen 🎀
  • -d, --send-data=DATA — sends DATA to the FEP sub-shell 📨
  • -k, --listen-key-event — listens to a key event 👂🔥
  • -l, --log-file=FILE — specifies a log file 🍓

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

$ fep -e /bin/sh

$ fepcli -s foo
       shows text at the bottom

$ { sleep 1; fepcli -c foo; } &
       shows text at the cursor

$ { sleep 1; fepcli -d bar; } &
       sends text to the child process

$ fepcli -k
       waits for a key event

periodt. copy-paste these into your terminal and watch the magic happen 😭💖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

fep(1) — go read that one too, iykyk 🧚

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

libfep was written by Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>. iconic behaviour, honestly 🙈👑

💀 reminder bestie: fepcli is the test client, fep is the whole thing. don't get them mixed up or it's giving confusion 💀

mwah 💋 that's the page — this is the LIBFEP(1) manual, from way back on 3 Feb 2012, and yeah it's giving vintage but she still slays 🌸✨

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