fwupdtool(1) standalone firmware update utility man page fwupdtool(1)
NAME
fwupdtool - standalone firmware update utility
SYNOPSIS
fwupdtool [CMD]
DESCRIPTION
This tool allows an administrator to use fwupd plugins directly without
using the daemon process, which may be faster or easier to use when cre-
ating or debugging specific plugins. For most end-users, fwupdmgr is a
more suitable program to use in almost all cases.
Additionally fwupdtool can be used to convert firmware from various dif-
ferent formats, or to modify the images contained inside the container
firmware file. For example, you can convert DFU or Intel HEX firmware
into the vendor-specific format.
OPTIONS
The fwupdtool command takes various options depending on the action.
Run fwupdtool --help for the full list. Note that some runtimes fail-
ures can be ignored using --force.
EXIT STATUS
Commands that successfully execute will return “0”, with generic failure
as “1”.
There are also several other exit codes used: A return code of “2” is
used for commands that have no actions but were successfully executed,
and “3” is used when a resource was not found.
BUGS
See GitHub Issues: <https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues>
SEE ALSO
<fwupdmgr(1)> <fwupd.conf(5)>
2.0.20 fwupdtool(1)
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