NVME-WDC-CLEAR-AS(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

Okay bestie, page NVME-WDC-CLEAR-AS(1) has entered the chat — this is the manual for nvme-wdc-clear-assert-dump, and its whole personality is: clears the assert dump (if present). That's the vibe. That's the job. Slay. 💅

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

nvme [<global-options>] wdc clear-assert-dump <device>

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

For the NVMe device given, sends the wdc vendor unique clear assert dump command.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and must be the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0).

This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. The command will not be executed on devices that don’t support it. No cap — if the device isn't about it, this command isn't gonna pretend. 🙈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

None. That is not a typo, bestie — this subcommand has no options of its own. The global ones below still apply, though. 👑

🌟 GLOBAL OPTIONS 🌟

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

• --dry-run — Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it. A lil preview mode, zero commitment.
• --no-ioctl-probing — Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.
• --no-retries — Disable retry logic on transient errors.
• -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. (Yes, the 'json is exactly as written — we keep it moving. 💀)
• --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. No custom versions, bestie — rejected means rejected.
• --quiet — Suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level. The way quiet cancels verbose is lowkey iconic.
• --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — Set libnvme library options for this invocation. Supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir.
• --timeout=<ms> — Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff).
• -v, --verbose — Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

🫶 EXAMPLES 🫶

• Clears the assert dump (if present):

# nvme wdc clear-assert-dump /dev/nvme0

👑 NVME 👑

Part of the nvme-user suite.

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Okay bestie, cute sign-off time: brought to you by the NVMe source/version and the 10/30/2026 date, filed under NVME-WDC-CLEAR-AS(1). Now go clear that assert dump — if present — and have the day you deserve. 💖✨🎀 Periodt.