---
name: "pconsole"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pconsole"
version: "1.2.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pconsole"
---

# pconsole(1)

parallel console shell for administering clusters.

## NAME

pconsole - parallel console shell for administering clusters.

## SYNOPSIS

**pconsole**

## DESCRIPTION

**pconsole** allows you to connect to each node of your cluster simultaneously, and you can type your administrative commands in a specialized window that ´multiplies´ the input to each of the connections you have opened. **pconsole** is best run from within X Windows, although it is possible to employ it without X (in console mode) as well.

You need to install **pconsole** on only 1 machine in the cluster, this would usually be your central administrative node.

## OPTIONS

**pconsole** need to be executed with superuser permissions, and enters in interactive mode let you attach other devices so that all the commands sent to the console mode of **pconsole** are sent to the devices. This allows you to parallelize the execution of the same command in various machines at a time.

**pconsole** has two working modes:

- **command mode**

  From this mode **pconsole** can attach and dettach devices, list the attached devices at a time, connect to sending mode where you can send commands to the attached devices, and quit. To enter in command mode, use **CTRL-A** from sending mode.

- **sending mode**

  The mode where the commands sent to it are sent to the devices attached. To enter this mode use **CTRL-D** or use the console command.

## SEE ALSO

**/usr/share/doc/pconsole/README.gz** **[xterm(1)](/xterm/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jesus Climent \<jesus.climent@hispalinux.es\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).