USDEDIT(1)

USDEDIT(1) 💅✨ — usdedit

🌸 NAME 🌸

usdedit — bestie, this is literally the manual page for usdedit 26.11.1. 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here’s the vibe check, and here’s the exact usage line:

usage: usdedit [-h] [-n] [-f] [-p PREFIX] usdFileName

usdedit takes a usd-readable file, converts it to the .usda text format in a temporary location, and invokes an editor on it. ✨

After you save and quit the editor, the edited file gets converted back to the original format and OVERWRITEs the original file — yes, the whole original file, no cap. 😭 The only exception is if you supply the -n (--noeffect) flag, in which case no changes will be saved back to the original file.

The editor to use gets looked up in this order:

• the USD_EDITOR environment variable
• the EDITOR environment variable
• emacs in PATH
• vim in PATH
• notepad in PATH

🎀 positional arguments:

• usdFileName — the usd file to edit. main character energy, honestly 💅

💅 options:

• -h, --help — show this help message and exit. iconic, truly.
• -n, --noeffect — do not edit the file. create the temporary file in a default location guided by the TMPDIR, TEMP, and TMP environment variables. 🫶
• -f, --forcewrite — override file permissions to allow writing. permission slip? overridden. 💅
• -p, --prefix PREFIX — provide a prefix for the temporary file name. label your temp file, bestie 🎀

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cute little sign-off: this page is for usdedit 26.11.1, dated October 2026. byeee bestie 💖🦋