---
name: "psfgettable"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kbd"
version: "2.10.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/psfgettable"
---

# psfgettable(1)

extract the embedded Unicode character table from a console font

## NAME

psfgettable - extract the embedded Unicode character table from a console font

## SYNOPSIS

**psfgettable** *fontfile* \[*outfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**psfgettable** extracts the embedded Unicode character table from a .psf format console font into a human readable ASCII file of the format used by [**psfaddtable**(1)](/psfaddtable/1.md). If the font file name is a single dash (-), the font is read from standard input.

## SEE ALSO

[**setfont**(8)](/setfont/8.md), [**psfaddtable**(1)](/psfaddtable/1.md), [**psfstriptable**(1)](/psfstriptable/1.md), [**psfxtable**(1)](/psfxtable/1.md)