PCB(1)

🎀 PCB(1) — bestie edition 🎀

okay so you opened the manual page for pcb, section 1 of the General Commands Manual, and honestly? you're in the right place. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

pcb — the printed circuit board layout tool 💅

like. it lays out PCBs. that's the whole vibe. iconic, honestly.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pcb [options] [pcb file]

so you run pcb, you can throw [options] at it, and you can hand it a [pcb file] if you've got one. simple. clean. no notes. ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The pcb program is a tool for the layout of printed circuit boards. that's the main character energy right there, no cap.

okay but here's the thing bestie — the complete manual for pcb is NOT crammed into this little page. it lives somewhere else, and it comes in a few formats, because of course it does:

• it's provided in a GNU texinfo format 🦋
• it's also provided as HTML
• and as PDF

so whatever your reading vibe is, there's a version for you. 🌈

📖 how to actually read the texinfo version

the texinfo version of the manual is typically viewed with the info program — that's the classic way. but you've got options, because you always do:

• alternatively with emacs 💜
• or with a graphical info viewer such as tkinfo ✨

pick your fighter.

📂 where the PDF and HTML live

the PDF and HTML documentation is typically installed as:

• /usr/local/share/pcb/pcb.html
• /usr/local/share/pcb/pcb.pdf

⚠️ heads up bestie — the prefix "/usr/local" may vary at your site. so if it's not there, don't panic, it's just living somewhere else on your system. it's giving "location may vary," fr fr. 🫶

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and that's the whole page!! thank you for coming to my ted talk. 🎀

this was PCB(1) from the General Commands Manual — sending you all the good vibes, go lay out some boards, slay 💅✨💖