PICOTOOL-OTP-PERMISSIONS(1)

📦 version 2.2.0-a4, in ubuntu stonking

💖 PICOTOOL-OTP-PERMISSIONS(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the picotool-otp-permissions page from the PICOTOOL-OTP-PERMISSIONS(1) manual — yes that's a whole lot of letters but stay with me, it's giving "small command, big power" ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

picotool-otp-permissions — set the OTP access permissions. that's it, that's the whole job. she does one thing and she does it cute 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

picotool otp permissions <filename> [--led <pin>] [--hash] [--sign]
<key> [device-selection]

so yeah, you're loading a JSON file and telling the chip who gets to do what. no cap, the syntax is exactly that, line break and all 🦋

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • <filename> — the JSON file your permissions get loaded from. your whole vibe comes from here, so make it a good one 🍓
  • --led <pin> — which LED pin to flash. default is 25, iconic little default, leave it alone if you don't care 💡

👑 Signing Configuration 👑

  • --hash — hash the executable. do the crypto thing, protect the vibe 🔐
  • --sign — sign the executable. extra official energy ✍️
  • <key> — the key file, and it's a .pem. keep her safe, she's important 🫶

🌈 Target device selection 🌈

  • --bus <bus> — filter devices by USB bus number 🚌
  • --address <addr> — filter devices by USB device address 📍
  • --vid <vid> — filter by vendor id 🏷️
  • --pid <pid> — filter by product id 🔖
  • --ser <ser> — filter by serial number 🔢
  • -f, --force — forces a device that's not in BOOTSEL mode but is running compatible code to reset so the command can actually run. and listen, after the command executes (unless the command itself is a reboot) the device gets rebooted back to application mode. so it borrows your device for a sec and gives it right back 🙈
  • -F, --force-no-reboot — same beginning as -f: force a device that isn't in BOOTSEL mode but is running compatible code to reset so the command can run. but this one ends differently — after executing the command (unless the command itself is a reboot) the device will be left connected and accessible to picotool, just without the USB drive mounted. like she's still in the group chat but on mute 💀
ngl, -f and -F look like twins but they are NOT the same girl. one reboots back to application mode, the other just hangs out connected with no USB drive mounted. read twice, run once, fr fr 😭

that's the whole page bestie, you now know every flag, every default, every filter and both of the force options, periodt 💜

picotool version 2.2.0-a4+dfsg, dated December 2025 — that's the source, the version and the date, all of it, slay 🌟 mwah, go flash something ✨🎀

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