GRUB-EDITENV(1)

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version 2.12 · 14 versions
, in ubuntu noble

✨ GRUB-EDITENV(1) — the grub-editenv glow-up 💅

okay bestie, sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, because today we're learning about grub-editenv from the User Commands collection (yes, that's the manual name, we're keeping it) — it's the tool that edits the GRUB environment block. lowkey iconic, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

grub-editenv [OPTION...] FILENAME COMMAND

like, that's the whole vibe: some OPTIONs, a FILENAME, and a COMMAND. periodt.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this is literally the Tool to edit environment block. that's the job. that's the assignment. ✨

🎀 Commands: 🎀

  • create — makes you a blank environment block file. fresh start energy, main character origin story 🫶
  • list — shows you all the current variables. vibe check on your env 👑
  • set [NAME=VALUE ...] — sets variables. you give it NAME=VALUE pairs, it does the thing 💅
  • unset [NAME ...] — deletes variables. bye bestie, not me removing you 😭

💖 Options: 💖

  • -?, --help — give this help list. your little map of everything 🗺️
  • --usage — give a short usage message. the tl;dr version, fr fr
  • -v, --verbose — print verbose messages. it's giving "tell me everything" 🗣️
  • -V, --version — print program version. so you know exactly what you're dealing with ⭐
🌈 random but important: if FILENAME is -, then the default value /boot/grub/grubenv is used. dash = "just use the usual one", iykyk.
💀 and listen — there is no delete command. nope. not a thing. if you want to delete the whole environment block, you literally use rm /boot/grub/grubenv. that's the move. don't go looking for a delete command that doesn't exist, bestie, you'll be searching forever 🙈

🧚 REPORTING BUGS 🧚

found a bug? Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. they wanna hear it, for real 💜

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

also! the full documentation for grub-editenv is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and grub-editenv programs are properly installed at your site, then this command:

info grub-editenv

should give you access to the complete manual. go off, read the whole thing 📚✨

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🎀💖 this was GRUB 2.12-1ubuntu7.3, dated March 2025 — catch you on the next manpage, bestie, mwah 🫶🌷

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