NTP-CTL(1)

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version 1.7.1 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu resolute

💖 NTP-CTL(1) — User Commands 💖

okay bestie, buckle up, we're reading a manual page together and honestly? it's giving main character energy 🎀 this is ntp-ctl, and it lives in the User Commands section, so you know it's a little tool you just run. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

ntp-ctl — literally just ntp-ctl 💅 (yes the name section is the name, she's lowkey mysterious like that)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ntp-ctl — it's for ntp-daemon monitoring, fr fr. that's the whole vibe: you wanna peek at your ntp-daemon, this is the girlypop you call. 🦋

here's the usage, verbatim, don't come for me:

usage: ntp-ctl validate [-c PATH]

       ntp-ctl status [-f FORMAT] [-c PATH] ntp-ctl force-sync [-c PATH]
       ntp-ctl -h | ntp-ctl -v

so like. you got options. validate? status? force-sync? pick your fighter. 👑

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

  • -f, --format=FORMAT — which format to use for printing statistics [plain, prometheus]. so you can have it plain, or you can have it prometheus-style, your call bestie 💖
  • -c, --config=CONFIG — which configuration file to read the socket paths from. point her at the config and she'll go find the sockets. iconic 🎀
  • -h, --help — display this help text. the classic. the legend. 🫶
  • -v, --version — display version information. for when you need to know exactly which one you're dealing with 👑
⭐ reminder bestie: -f/--format takes plain or prometheus, and -c/--config wants a path to a config file. those are the only two values you're choosing between for format, no extras, don't be inventing new ones 🙈

and that's the whole page, we ate and left no crumbs 💅

this was ntp-ctl version 1.7.1, dated February 2026 — so like, she's recent, she's fresh, she's thriving 🌈 ty for reading with me, mwah 💜

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