CLRUNIMAP(8)

clrunimap 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the clrunimap(8) page from the System Manager's Manual 🎀 — yes we're in section 8, the big-girl sysadmin section, and yes this one is a little scary, but I got you 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

clrunimap — clear the current console unicode map 🧹

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

clrunimap [options]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like. the command clrunimap clears the unicode map for the current console 💖 (it's also called the "Screen Font Map" if you wanna be fancy, iykyk).

that's it. that's the whole job. she clears the map. she's an icon, she's a legend, and she is not for casual use — more on that in NOTES, babes 😭

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -C, --console=DEV — the console device to be used 🔌 like, which console are we clearing the map on, bestie
• -V, --version — print version number ✨
• -h, --help — print this usage message 🌸

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✨ NOTES ✨

🚨 okay stop right there bestie, this is the important part 🚨

if you are not the maintainer of the kbd package, it is very unlikely that you want to use this command 💀 like, very unlikely. not "hmm maybe" unlikely. genuinely unlikely.

and here's why it's giving horror movie:

• on many kernels, the result will be that your screen is black 🖤😭
• on some kernels, a reboot will be necessary 💀

so if you were thinking "ooh cute little cleanup command, let me just—" no. put it down. step away from the terminal. 🙈

if what you actually want is to load a Unicode map for a console, use setfont -u instead 👑 that's the one you want, fr fr.

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• setfont(8) 🦋

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and that's the page, bestie!! stay safe out there and pls don't black-screen your own machine for funsies 🌈

kbd · 24 October 2024 — mwah, love u, bye 💜✨🎀