LV2INFO(1)

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version 0.28.0 · 5 versions
, in arch rolling, epel 10, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 LV2INFO 💖

okay so bestie, say hi to lv2info — the little command that prints info about an installed LV2 plugin. that's it. that's the job. and she does it beautifully. ✨

it's a part of lilv (yes, that lilv, we'll get to the author at the end, she's iconic) and she lives in your terminal, section 1 of the general commands manual, where all the coolest girls hang out. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lv2info [-hV] [-m file] [-p file] plugin_uri

yeah so you give her a plugin_uri and she spills everything. no cap. 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so real talk: lv2info prints a human-readable summary of the information about an installed LV2 plugin. that's the whole vibe. you point her at a plugin, she hands you back a summary you can actually read with your own two eyeballs instead of squinting at raw Turtle all day. we love a low-effort high-reward situation. 💖

the options are as follows, and yes, we're going through all of them, no skipping, bestie:

  • -V, --version — prints version information and dips. ✌️ like, "who am I? what am I? bye."
  • -h, --help — prints usage information and dips. your girl is telling you how to use her and then leaving the group chat. iconic behaviour honestly. 🎀
  • -m file — adds a record of the plugin to a Turtle manifest file. so she's not just reading anymore, she's writing. main character energy fr fr. ✍️
  • -p file — writes a description of the plugin to a Turtle file. a whole write-up. a little plugin biography, if you will. 🦋
ngl bestie, -m and -p both want a file argument, so don't just yeet the flag into the void and expect her to guess. give her the filename. she's smart but she's not psychic. 🙈

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • LV2_PATH — a list of directories to search for LV2 plugin bundles, in the style of PATH. so same energy as PATH: a bunch of dirs smooshed together, and she walks through them looking for her plugins. that's where she shops. 🛍️✨

👑 EXIT STATUS 👑

lv2info exits with a status of 0, or non-zero if an error occurred. so 0 means we ate and left no crumbs. anything else means something went sideways and you should go look at what she told you. 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

her friends! her little crew! go say hi:

iykyk. the whole lilv extended universe. 🌸

💜 AUTHORS 💜

lv2info is a part of lilv, by David Robillard ⟨d@drobilla.net⟩. thank you king, the plugins are plugging because of you. 🫶👑

and that's the whole page, bestie — shoutout to the Debian crew, this one's from their January 20, 2025 release, so if you're reading it, it's giving vintage-but-still-slaying. now go run lv2info on something and tell me what she said. 💖✨🎀

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