UBUNTU-INSIGHTS_COLLECT(1)

📦
version 1.0.1ubuntu · 5 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 ubuntu-insights-collect — the ubuntu-insights(1) girlies' guide 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for ubuntu-insights-collect, which lives in section 1 of the ubuntu-insights manual. it's giving "collect my data, but make it consensual" ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ubuntu-insights-collect — collect system information 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ubuntu-insights collect [source] source-metrics-path ⟨required if source provided⟩ [flags]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So basically: this command collects your system info and metrics and then stores it locally. That's it, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

Now here's the little rule you literally cannot skip, no cap:

  • If source is not provided, then the source is assumed to be the currently detected platform. And in that case, there should also be no source-metrics-path provided. periodt.
  • If source is provided, then source-metrics-path should be provided as well. they're a package deal, iykyk. 💖

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -d, --dry-run[=false] — does a dry-run where a report gets collected, but literally nothing is written to disk. vibes only, no commit. 🙈
  • -f, --force[=false] — forces a collection and overrides the report if there are any conflicts. note that it does not ignore consent, bestie — consent is sacred. 💅
  • -h, --help[=false] — help for collect. the classic. 🦋
  • -p, --period=0 — the minimum period between 2 collection periods, for validation purposes, in seconds. ⭐

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these came from the parent command, so they're family. we love a supportive parent. 🫶

  • --config="" — use a specific configuration file.
  • --consent-dir="" — the base directory of the consent state files.
  • --insights-dir="" — the base directory of the insights report cache.
  • --quiet[=false] — suppress all output except errors. silent but deadly. 💀
  • --system-config-dir="" — the directory of the system-wide configuration file.
  • -v, --verbose[=0] — issue INFO (-v), DEBUG (-vv). the more v's, the more tea. 🔥

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

📜 HISTORY 📜

  • 28-Sep-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was Auto generated by spf13/cobra, from Sep 2026, for Ubuntu-insights section 1. go forth and collect responsibly 💖✨

📦 where this page comes from