GRUB-SWI...TO-BLSCFG(8)

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version 2.12 · 5 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

🌸 GRUB-SWITCH-TO-BLSCFG 💅

okay bestie, so this one's grub-switch-to-blscfg — a System Administration utility, no big deal, just your girl doing bootloader admin things. it lives in the same family as GRUB 2.12, and yes, we're getting into it. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

grub-switch-to-blscfg

that's it. no arguments, no drama. she takes zero positional args and just does the thing. iconic behavior honestly 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Switch to BLS config files. periodt.

that's the whole mission statement. she flips you over to using BLS config files, and then she goes back to being mysterious.

now for the flags, because there ARE flags, and we are NOT skipping them (iykyk):

  • -h, --help — prints this message and then dips. exit stage left. 🎀
  • -V, --version — prints the version info and bounces. classic. ✨
  • --backup-suffix=SUFFIX — default: .bak. this is the suffix she tacks onto backups, so you can tell your backups apart from your main character files 💅
  • --bls-directory=DIR — default: /boot/loader/entries. this is where the BLS entries live, bestie. know it, love it, don't lose it 🦋
  • --config-file=FILE — default: /etc/grub2-efi.cfg. the config file in question. very important, very slay.
  • --grub-defaults=FILE — default: /etc/default/grub. the GRUB defaults file, lowkey the vibe-setter of the whole operation 🌸
  • --grub-directory=DIR — default: /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/. where the GRUB files hang out on the EFI side of things ⭐
not me listing every single one because every single one matters. no skipping, no summarizing, we are thorough in this household 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the full documentation for grub-switch-to-blscfg is maintained as a Texinfo manual. so if the info and grub-switch-to-blscfg programs are properly installed at your site, this command:

info grub-switch-to-blscfg

should give you access to the complete manual. like, the WHOLE manual. the director's cut. go read it, bestie, it's giving ✨knowledge✨

and that's the page!! 💜 written by the GRUB 2.12 girlies, dated April 2026, and yeah, this manpage section is literally called GRUB-SWI...TO-BLSCFG(8) because even the title got truncated and honestly? relatable. she's mysterious, she's abbreviated, she's that girl. bye bestie, go switch some BLS config files 🎀🦋

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