NVME-TRANSCEND-HEA(1)

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💖 nvme-transcend-healthvalue(1) — the Transcend health-value glow-up 💖

okay so bestie, this is a section 1 manual page from the NVMe Manual and it's literally all about asking your Transcend SSD "how are we feeling today?" and getting a number back. no cap, that's it. let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

nvme-transcend-healthvalue — use the NVMe SMART table to analyze the health value of a Transcend device. that's the whole vibe 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nvme [<global-options>] transcend healthvalue <device>

look at that. clean. iconic. she's serving syntax 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what she does is: she retrieves the NVMe Device SMART log page from the Transcend device and then evaluates the health status of that Transcend device. like a little checkup, but for your SSD. 🩺✨

the <device> parameter is mandatory — you literally cannot skip it, bestie, it's not optional, it's not "maybe later" — and it may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1). either one works, pick your fighter 💖

on success, the returned value would print the health percentage value. that's your number. that's the tea. 🍓

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • none — yeah literally none. this subcommand keeps it minimal, she's lowkey mysterious like that 🙈

🌈 GLOBAL OPTIONS 🌈

these ones live at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand, so they're like the group chat everyone's in 💬

  • --dry-run — print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it. all the clout, zero commitment ✨
  • --no-ioctl-probing — disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support. she's not asking questions today 💅
  • --no-retries — disable retry logic on transient errors. one shot, one opportunity 🎯
  • -o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> — set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. only one output format may be used at a time — no mixing, bestie, pick one and commit 🎀 (and yeah, that stray quote in 'json is exactly how the original writes it, i'm not touching it, it's canon 💀)
  • --output-format-version=<version> — select the output format version. version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. other versions are rejected, so don't try it 🙅‍♀️
  • --quiet — suppress informational messages. errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level. she's quiet but she's still listening 👀
  • --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — set libnvme library options for this invocation. the supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir. that's the whole list, no extras, don't invent more 🔥
  • --timeout=<ms> — set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff). she'll wait forever, literally 💀
  • -v, --verbose — increase the level of detail in the output. may be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity. stack it like a combo, the more the merrier 📈
also! these options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). and a command-line flag always overrides the file. rules are rules, periodt 👑

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

  • print the Transcend Device health value in a human readable format:
# nvme transcend healthvalue /dev/nvme0

look at her go. main character energy fr fr 🌟

🧚 NVME 🧚

part of the nvme-user suite. she runs with a whole crew, iykyk 💜

okay that's the whole page!! and for the cute sign-off: this lil masterpiece is from the NVMe source, version-dated 10/30/2026, and it's filed under NVME-TRANSCEND-HEA(1) — go check your SSD's health bestie, she deserves it 🫶🎀💖

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