NICOTINE+(1)

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💖 NICOTINE+ — okay bestie, sit DOWN

So this is the NICOTINE+(1) page, from the General Commands Manual section, and it's genuinely so much. It's a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network and I need you to be normal about it. Let's go. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

nicotine — a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network. yes that's the whole thing. short. iconic. no notes.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nicotine [options]

That's it. That's the whole invocation. options only, no positional args, we're not doing that today. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Nicotine+ is a graphical application that lets users interact with the Soulseek peer-to-peer network. it's giving "I open a window, I find music, I vibe." literally that's the entire description. the manpage is a person of few words and honestly? respect. 🔥

✨ OPTIONS ✨

okay here's where it gets juicy. every single flag, no skipping, I promised. 🫶

  • -c <file>, --config=<file> — use <file> as the configuration file. and if <file> doesn't exist? bestie, it creates a brand new empty configuration file for you. no cap. 🌱
  • -u <dir>, --user-data=<dir> — use <dir> as the directory for user data and plugins. if <dir> doesn't exist, a new empty directory gets created. it's giving "make yourself at home." 🏠
  • -h, --help — show the command help, then exit. your little cheat sheet. 📖
  • -s, --hidden — start the program without showing the window. sneaky mode. stealth mode. main character in the shadows. 🙈
  • -b <ip>, --bindip=<ip> — bind sockets to the given <ip>. the manpage says it's useful for VPN, and honestly that's the whole tip, I'm not adding anything else. 🔒
  • -l <port>, --port=<port> — listen on the given <port>. this one overrides the port range configuration, so if your port range was doing its own thing, it's over now. periodt. 🚪
  • -r, --rescan — rescan shared files. go through your shares again, bestie, refresh the whole vibe. 🔄
  • -n, --headless — start the program in headless mode (no GUI). terminal girlies rise. 👑
  • -v, --version — show the version number and exit. quick peek, then bounce. ⭐

💀 EXIT STATUS 💀

the receipts, in order:

  • the regular exit status of the program is 0. 🟢
  • if required dependencies are not present, the exit status is 1. 😭
  • if the given list of arguments cannot be parsed, the exit status is 2. 💀

🌈 FILES 🌈

where everything lives, alphabetically by vibe:

  • ~/.config/nicotine/config — the configuration file. that's the one. 🎀
  • ~/.local/share/nicotine/ — other personal files such as downloads, shares and logs. the whole little ecosystem. 🍓

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

these are available when running the program. two of them. both slay:

  • NICOTINE_GTK_VERSION — the major GTK version to use, if installed. possible values are 4 or 3. pick your fighter. ⚔️
  • NICOTINE_LIBADWAITA — whether to enable libadwaita (the GNOME theme), if installed. possible values are 1 or 0. yes/no energy. ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Nicotine+ Team <https://nicotine-plus.org/>

not me writing a whole sign-off but fr fr, this page lives in the General Commands Manual and it's signed NICOTINE+(1). courtesy of the Nicotine+ Team, from nicotine-plus.org. mwah. 💜

take care of her, she's fragile but she's everything 🫶🌸

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