PTERM(1)

✨ PTERM(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the pterm page 💖 this lives in the PMIx Reference Run Time Environment manual, section 1 (that's "user commands" for the uninitiated, iykyk).

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🎀 NAME 🎀

pterm — terminate an instance of the PRRTE DVM

fr fr that's the whole job. she's a closer. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

shell$ pterm ...options...

the shell$ is just showing you that you type it at a shell prompt, it's not part of the command, don't @ me. and those ...options... are exactly as mysterious as they look — they get filled in with whatever flags you're throwing at her.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does pterm actually do? she terminates an instance of the PMIx Reference Runtime Environment (PRRTE) distributed virtual machine (DVM). that's the vibe. the DVM goes night-night. 😴✨

if you need the deep lore — like, the extensive help documentation for this command — it's all served up through:

pterm --help [topic]

heads up bestie: at least for now, that content is not available in man page form. the docs live in the --help output, not here. that's just the situation. 🙈

and lowkey, if you're feeling generous: pull requests to add all the content (via repeatable infrastructure) would be greatly appreciated. the maintainers are literally asking. be the main character they need. 🫶💅

See also:

• prte(1) <#man1-prte>

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💜 Copyright 💜

2003-2026, The PRRTE Community

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and that's the whole page, no cap 💫 this one's from the PMIx Reference Run Time Environment gang, dated Aug 16, 2026, filed under PTERM(1). go forth and terminate responsibly, bestie 👑🌸