---
name: "dumb-init"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dumb-init"
version: "1.2.5-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dumb-init"
---

# dumb-init(1)

a minimal init system for Linux containers

## NAME

dumb-init - a minimal init system for Linux containers

## SYNOPSIS

**dumb-init** \[*option*\] *command* \[\[*arg*\] ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

dumb-init v1.2.5

dumb-init is a simple process supervisor that forwards signals to children. It is designed to run as PID1 in minimal container environments.

### Optional arguments:

- **-c**, **--single-child**

  Run in single-child mode. In this mode, signals are only proxied to the direct child and not any of its descendants.

- **-r**, **--rewrite** s:r

  Rewrite received signal s to new signal r before proxying. To ignore (not proxy) a signal, rewrite it to 0. This option can be specified multiple times.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Print debugging information to stderr.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print this help message and exit.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print the current version and exit.

Full help is available online at https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init

## AUTHORS

**dumb-init** was primarily developed at Yelp.\
\
 For a full list of contributors, see https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/graphs/contributors