WWCTL(1)

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✨ WWCTL(1) — the wwctl manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this is the WWCTL(1) page, and it's specifically about the wwctl overlay show command — yes, that's the NAME it lives under: wwctl-overlay-show, aka Show (cat) a file within a Warewulf Overlay. think of it like cat but for overlays and honestly? iconic. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wwctl overlay show [OPTIONS] OVERLAY_NAME FILE

like, you give it an overlay name, you give it a file, it shows you the file. main character command behaviour honestly 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This command displays the contents of FILE within OVERLAY_NAME. that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap, it literally just shows you what's inside the file. 🔥

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h, --help[=false] — help for show. the "wait what does this do again" button 🙈
  • -q, --quiet[=false] — do not print information if multiple, backup files are written. so if it's being ✨extra✨ with the backups and writing a bunch of stuff, this shuts it up. lowkey useful 💀
  • -r, --render="" — node used for the variables in the template. so you point it at a node and it renders the template variables against that node, and the default is empty string "" fr fr

🦋 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🦋

these ones came from the parent command, so they're giving family hand-me-downs but make it useful 👑

  • -d, --debug[=false] — Run with debugging messages enabled. when you need to know everything that's happening 🔍
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — Run with increased verbosity. more words, more info, more everything 🗣️
  • --warewulfconf="" — Set the warewulf configuration file. default is "" btw, so if you don't set it, you don't set it 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

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