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
creating 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
different formats, or to modify the images contained inside the con-
tainer 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 fail-
ure 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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