GRUB-FILE(1)

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version 2.12 · 14 versions
, in ubuntu noble

💅 GRUB-FILE(1) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to grub-file, a lil user-commands situation from the GRUB-FILE(1) manual. she's a tiny utility with one job and she does it flawlessly, no notes.

🌸 NAME 🌸

grub-file — the file-type checker. literally just vibes-checking your files, that's her whole personality 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

file OPTIONS FILE

that's it. that's the whole thing. options first, then the file you're interrogating 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea: grub-file checks whether FILE is of a specified type. you tell her what you're looking for, she tells you if your file is that. main character energy fr fr.

✨ the checks ✨

  • --is-i386-xen-pae-domu — checks if FILE can be booted as an i386 PAE Xen unprivileged guest kernel 🧚
  • --is-x86_64-xen-domu — checks if FILE can be booted as an x86_64 Xen unprivileged guest kernel
  • --is-x86-xen-dom0 — checks if FILE can be used as a Xen x86 privileged guest kernel 👑
  • --is-x86-multiboot — checks if FILE can be used as an x86 multiboot kernel
  • --is-x86-multiboot2 — checks if FILE can be used as an x86 multiboot2 kernel
  • --is-arm-linux — checks if FILE is ARM Linux 🌈
  • --is-arm64-linux — checks if FILE is ARM64 Linux
  • --is-ia64-linux — checks if FILE is IA64 Linux
  • --is-mips-linux — checks if FILE is MIPS Linux
  • --is-mipsel-linux — checks if FILE is MIPSEL Linux
  • --is-sparc64-linux — checks if FILE is SPARC64 Linux
  • --is-powerpc-linux — checks if FILE is POWERPC Linux
  • --is-x86-linux — checks if FILE is x86 Linux
  • --is-x86-linux32 — checks if FILE is x86 Linux supporting 32-bit protocol 🫶
  • --is-x86-kfreebsd — checks if FILE is x86 kFreeBSD
  • --is-i386-kfreebsd — checks if FILE is i386 kFreeBSD
  • --is-x86_64-kfreebsd — checks if FILE is x86_64 kFreeBSD
  • --is-x86-knetbsd — checks if FILE is x86 kNetBSD
  • --is-i386-knetbsd — checks if FILE is i386 kNetBSD
  • --is-x86_64-knetbsd — checks if FILE is x86_64 kNetBSD
  • --is-i386-efi — checks if FILE is an i386 EFI file 🦋
  • --is-x86_64-efi — checks if FILE is an x86_64 EFI file
  • --is-ia64-efi — checks if FILE is an IA64 EFI file
  • --is-arm64-efi — checks if FILE is an ARM64 EFI file
  • --is-arm-efi — checks if FILE is an ARM EFI file
  • --is-riscv32-efi — checks if FILE is a RISC-V 32bit EFI file ⭐
  • --is-riscv64-efi — checks if FILE is a RISC-V 64bit EFI file
  • --is-hibernated-hiberfil — checks if FILE is hiberfil.sys in hibernated state 😴
  • --is-x86_64-xnu — checks if FILE is x86_64 XNU (Mac OS X kernel) 🍓
  • --is-i386-xnu — checks if FILE is i386 XNU (Mac OS X kernel)
  • --is-xnu-hibr — checks if FILE is an XNU (Mac OS X kernel) hibernated image
  • --is-x86-bios-bootsector — checks if FILE is a BIOS bootsector 🔥
  • -h, --help — displays this help and exits, iconic behaviour honestly
  • -u, --usage — displays the usage of this command and exits 💅

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

the full documentation for grub-file is maintained as a Texinfo manual, which is very demure of them. if the info and grub-file programs are properly installed at your site (fingers crossed bestie 🤞), the command

info grub-file

should give you access to the complete manual. go off, read the lore 📖✨

and that's the whole page!! this lil gem comes to you courtesy of GRUB 2.12-1ubuntu7.3, dated March 2025 — mwah, ty for coming to my ted talk 💜🎀🫶

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