PCREVENT(1)

💖 PCREVENT 💖

okay so bestie, you clicked on pcrevent and I'm here to tell you it's a User Command in section 1 of your manual. it's giving TPM2_PCR_Event energy and honestly? iconic. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pcrevent - Runs TPM2_PCR_Event

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so the pcrevent manual is a little chaotic, no cap. it starts by yelling at you:

--version-string=v1045 is not a valid option

then it shows you this whole usage block:

pcrevent

Runs TPM2_PCR_Event

-ha pcr handle

-ic data string

-if data file

       [-of1 sha1 output digest file] [-of2 sha256 output digest file]
       [-of3 sha384 output digest file]

and then, because it loves drama, it yells again:

--version is not a valid option

and repeats the exact same block, character for character:

pcrevent

Runs TPM2_PCR_Event

-ha pcr handle

-ic data string

-if data file

       [-of1 sha1 output digest file] [-of2 sha256 output digest file]
       [-of3 sha384 output digest file]

so what do those flags actually mean? here's the tea, bestie:

• -ha — pcr handle
• -ic — data string
• -if — data file
• -of1 — sha1 output digest file (optional, hence the [...] in the usage)
• -of2 — sha256 output digest file (optional, hence the [...])
• -of3 — sha384 output digest file (optional, hence the [...])

and yes, it really does say --version-string=v1045 is not a valid option, and --version is not a valid option. don't try them, bestie. 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The full documentation for pcrevent is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and pcrevent programs are properly installed at your site, the command:

info pcrevent

should give you access to the complete manual. so go get that full manual if you want the whole story. 🦋

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mwah 💋 this page was brought to you by pcrevent, dated July 2017, and it lives in section 1 of your manual pages. now go slay, bestie. ✨👑