GGUF-CONVERT-ENDIAN(1)

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💖 gguf-convert-endian(1) 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because today we're talking about gguf-convert-endian — it's a User Command and it lives in section 1 of the manual. yes, that (1) is doing numbers, we love that for it. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

gguf-convert-endian — literally just gguf-convert-endian. that's the whole name. no notes, iconic behaviour, she said what she said. 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe check: this tool converts the byte order of a GGUF file. that's it, that's the mission. here's how you're supposed to call her:

usage: gguf-convert-endian [-h] [--dry-run] [--verbose]

       model {big,little,native}

yeah, that blank line in the middle is the original's own little quirk — we keep it, we don't judge, we're not going to "tidy" it up. slay. 💅

Convert GGUF file byte order. periodt.

🎀 positional arguments 🎀

  • model — the filename of your GGUF format model. like, the actual file. the whole reason you showed up. hand it over. 🫶
  • {big,little,native} — the byte order you want. that's your request, ma'am, and these are the only three answers on the menu:
    • big — big endian energy
    • little — little endian energy
    • native — whatever this machine is feeling natively

not me giving you a spicy little menu of exactly three options and zero flexibility. the audacity, honestly. 😭

✨ options ✨

  • -h, --help — shows this help message and then dips. she's the friend who tells you where the party is and then immediately leaves. 💀
  • --dry-run — doesn't actually change anything. a little "what if…" simulator, a rehearsal, a dress rehearsal with zero consequences. you're just peeking, bestie, nothing is happening to your files. 🙈
  • --verbose — increases output verbosity. so she talks more. more words. more output. if you want the full narration, this is the flag for you. 🔥

🌈 a lil sign-off 🌈

this page came from debian and it's stamped September 2026, and honestly? a future queen. 👑

that's it, that's the manpage. no cap, every flag accounted for, nothing dropped, nothing invented. go convert some bytes and be your most endian self. 💖✨🎀

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