GETPMAC(8)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

🎀 GETPMAC(8) 🎀

okay so this is getpmac, and it lives in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual — that's the sysadmin section bestie, the big-leagues one. buckle up, it's short but it's iconic ✨

💖 NAME 💖

getpmac — print process-related MAC labels 🏷️

like, it prints labels. for processes. that's the whole gig. and honestly? she ate.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

getpmac [-l list,of,labels] [-p pid]

look at that syntax, so clean, so minimal, main character energy fr 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea 🍓 — the getpmac utility prints the text representation of the MAC label associated with the specified process. that's the label, but rendered as text so your human eyeballs can vibe with it 👀✨

and if you don't specify a process? no worries bestie, it just prints the label associated with its own process. it's doing a little self-portrait, a label selfie if you will 🤳💜

lowkey important: the synopsis shows you two flags — -l list,of,labels and -p pid — but this page doesn't spell out the details beyond that. so no invented lore, no cap, that's genuinely all it says 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, all linked up 🧚‍♀️✨

and that's the whole page, bestie — short and sweet like a good text message 💌 it's Debian energy, dated January 14, 2003, which is giving vintage but make it fetch. periodt. 👑💖

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