man(1)

📦 version 1.7.5, in ubuntu jammy

🎀 hey bestie, welcome to fwupdate 🎀

okay so you opened the man(1) page for fwupdate — yes, this whole thing is literally the fwupdate man page, filed under section 1, and I'm about to walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

fwupdate — a -ddebugging utility for UEFI firmware updates 🦋

like. that's the whole name line. short, sweet, and yes, that -ddebugging bit is doing a lot of heavy lifting, don't touch it, it's iconic. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fwupdate [CMD]

that's it. one command, one optional [CMD] slot. very "main character with a single prop" energy. ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so real talk: fwupdate is a deprecated tool. like, it's giving legacy. it's giving "still in the group chat but never replies." 🥲

what it does, though — what it was built for — is deploying capsule updates. that's the whole vibe. UEFI firmware updates, delivered as capsules, and this little tool was the one holding the aux cord. 🎧

deprecated means: it still exists, it still has a page, but it is not the one you should be reaching for in 2021 and beyond. plan accordingly, bestie. 🫶

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

okay so here's the thing — fwupdate takes various options depending on the action you're doing. there's no single tidy list of flags right here on the page, no 40-bullet dropdown of doom. 🙈

so if you wanna see the full roster of what this thing can do?

fwupdate --help

run that. it'll hand you the whole list. that's the move. 🎀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the extended universe, if you will — the other pages in this cinematic universe that you should absolutely be reading instead:

💀 BUGS 💀

No known bugs.

not a single one. zero. the bug counter is at 0 and it's staying there, periodt. (we love a clean slate, no cap.) ✨

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

this one was brought to you by Richard Hughes — reach him at richard@hughsie.com. give him his flowers, he earned them. 🌸💐

and that's the whole page, bestie!! we made it. 🎉

cute little sign-off for the road: this beauty is from version 1.7.5, dated 11 April 2021, and it lives in section man(1) — go forth and --help responsibly. mwah. 💅💖✨

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