SYD-BIT(1)

📦 version 3.51.2, in nixos 26.05

💅 SYD-BIT(1) — the syd-bit page, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this is syd-bit from the General Commands Manual (section 1, obvs) and it's genuinely one of the simplest little gremlins in the whole sydbox universe. she flips bits. that's the gig. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

syd-bit — literally just a utility to flip bits in files 🦋 no cap, that's the whole thing.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

syd-bit [-h] -i <idx> <file>
syd-bit [-h] -r <file>

two whole modes, both iconic, pick your fighter 👑

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so the syd-bit utility flips the given bit or a random bit in the specified file. that's it. that's her whole personality and honestly? she ate.

and why would you even want that, you ask? because it provides a simple way to simulate bit-flip attacks 🔥 which is very much the plot of every "what if one (1) microscopic electron betrayed us" movie ever. chaos gremlin energy, weaponised. 😭

🧚 OPTIONS 🧚

  • -h — display help. the "help me help you" button, your safe word, the escape hatch 🫶
  • -i <idx> — flip the bit at index <idx> in the file 💅 you pick exactly which bit gets bullied. precision behaviour.
  • -r — flip a random bit in the file 🎲 pure main character energy, no notes, let fate decide
heads up bestie: -i <idx> and -r are two different modes, and both of them want a <file> to work on. don't come at her empty-handed 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole fam, go say hi:

syd homepage: https://sydbox.exherbo.org/ — go touch grass (the web kind) 🌱

👑 AUTHORS 👑

maintained by Ali Polatel 🫡

up-to-date sources live at https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox.git and bugs/patches can be submitted to https://gitlab.exherbo.org/groups/sydbox/-/issues 🐛

wanna chat? discuss in #sydbox on Libera Chat or in #sydbox:mailstation.de on Matrix 💬 iykyk.

and that's the page!! this edition was stamped 1980-01-01 (yes, actually, she's vintage 💀) and you can find her shelved as SYD-BIT(1) — go flip a bit, slay, and please don't do crimes, or do, just know what you're doing 🎀✨

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