---
name: "kernel-wedge-preprocess"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kernel-wedge"
version: "2.106"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kernel-wedge-preprocess"
---

# kernel-wedge-preprocess(1)

process a module list file

## NAME

kernel-wedge-preprocess - process a module list file

## SYNOPSIS

**kernel-wedge preprocess** *module-list module-dir*

## DESCRIPTION

Preprocesses the *module-list*, performing list includes and module excludes, removing blank lines and comments, and expanding wildcards. Emits a list of filenames to stdout.

Return 1 if a required module or directory is missing, unless $KW\_CHECK\_NONFATAL is non-empty.

The supported wildcards are:

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **?** | Match a single character within a path component |
| **\*** | Match any number of characters within a path component |
| **\*\*** | Match any number of characters including multiple path components |

On Linux, '-' and '\_' also match each other since the kernel and kmod treat them as equivalent in module names.

## AUTHOR

Joey Hess, Ben Hutchings \<ben@decadent.org.uk\>