HELLO(1)

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version 2.12.3 · 4 versions
, in epel 10, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💖 HELLO(1) — like, the User Commands one, bestie 💖

okay so you found the hello(1) page and honestly? iconic behavior. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

hello — the friendly greeting program. yes that's literally it and we're obsessed 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

hello [OPTION]...

that's the whole vibe. options go in, joy comes out 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It prints a friendly, customizable greeting. that's the entire job description and it does it flawlessly, no cap ✨

  • -t, --traditional — uses the traditional greeting. vintage. retro. ate. 🎀
  • -g, --greeting=TEXT — plugs TEXT in as your greeting message. your words, your moment, main character energy 👑
  • --help — shows you this help and then dips out. no notes. 🙈
  • --version — spits out version info and exits. that's it, that's the whole thing 💜

🌈 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 🌈

If you're wondering how to add extra info to a manual page, go peek at man/hello.x. that's where the magic lives, iykyk 🔥

💫 AUTHOR 💫

Written by Karl Berry, Sami Kerola, Jim Meyering, and Reuben Thomas. legends, all of them, we stan 💖

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? not to be dramatic but pls tell someone:

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. like fr fr, none. zero. don't come for us 💀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

The full documentation for hello is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and hello programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info hello

should give you access to the complete manual. slay ✨

GNU Hello 2.12.3, dated March 2026 — that's a wrap bestie, go say hi to somebody 💖🎀🦋

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