PIBOOTCTL-RENAME(1)

📦 version 0.5.2, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 PIBOOTCTL-RENAME(1) 💖

okay so this is the manual page for pibootctl-rename, straight out of the pibootctl era. bestie, it's a whole vibe and it's genuinely useful, let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

pibootctl-rename — it's a pibootctl manual page, babes 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pibootctl rename [-h] [-f] name to

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Rename a stored boot configuration. that's it, that's the whole thing. iconic, honestly 👑

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • name — the name of the boot configuration you wanna rename. the current one. the before. the original main character 🫶
  • to — the new name of the boot configuration. the glow-up name. the after ✨
  • -h, --help — shows a brief help page for the command. not me using this every single time ngl 🙈
  • -f, --force — overwrite the target configuration, if it exists. like, if you're being messy on purpose 💀

🌈 USAGE 🌈

okay so the rename command can be used to change the name of a stored boot configuration. literally just:

$ pibootctl ls
+---------+--------+---------------------+
| Name    | Active | Timestamp           |
|---------+--------+---------------------|
| 720p    | x      | 2020-03-10 11:33:24 |
| default |        | 2020-03-10 11:32:12 |
| dpi     |        | 2020-02-01 15:46:48 |
+---------+--------+---------------------+
$ sudo pibootctl rename default foo
$ pibootctl ls
+------+--------+---------------------+
| Name | Active | Timestamp           |
|------+--------+---------------------|
| 720p | x      | 2020-03-10 11:33:24 |
| dpi  |        | 2020-02-01 15:46:48 |
| foo  |        | 2020-03-10 11:32:12 |
+------+--------+---------------------+

see how default became foo and kept its little timestamp? yeah. slay. the way that 720p stayed active the whole time, we love a stable queen 👑

As with save, any characters permitted in a filename are permitted in the new destination name. so like, go off, but y'know, filename rules apply fr fr 🌸

If you wish to rename a configuration such that it overwrites an existing configuration you will need to use the --force option. no force, no overwrite, that's the rule bestie:

$ sudo pibootctl load default
$ sudo pibootctl save foo
$ pibootctl ls
+---------+--------+---------------------+
| Name    | Active | Timestamp           |
|---------+--------+---------------------|
| 720p    |        | 2020-03-10 11:33:24 |
| default | x      | 2020-03-10 11:32:12 |
| dpi     |        | 2020-02-01 15:46:48 |
| foo     | x      | 2020-03-10 11:32:12 |
+---------+--------+---------------------+
$ sudo pibootctl mv foo default
[Errno 17] File exists: 'default.zip'
$ sudo pibootctl mv -f foo default
not the [Errno 17] File exists: 'default.zip' 😭 that's the machine saying no <3 because default was already there and you didn't say -f. add the -f, it goes through. periodt 💅

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Dave Jones 💜

2019-2020 Dave Jones

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one shipped as part of pibootctl 0.5.2 and got dated Sep 14, 2020 — so if you're reading this, it's giving vintage but make it cute. mwah, go rename something responsibly 🎀💖✨

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