---
name: "slave"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "asr-manpages"
version: "1.2-3"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/slave"
---

# slave(1)

a semi-interactive interactive command for the dirty work

## NAME

slave - a semi-interactive interactive command for the dirty work

## SYNOPSIS

**slave** \[ *command* \]\
 **slave** -f

## DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the *slave* command is to do all those small things around the computer that one never finds the time for.

One typical use for the *slave* command is to change the toner in one's laser printer. The interface for the *slave* command is kept simple, mainly to keep down the complexity of the internal parser.

## THE OPTION

- \-*f*

  Send a rapid succession of *SIGHUP*s to *slave*, mainly used when one needs to blow off a little steam.

## THE COMMANDS

Almost any phrase in pidgin English is acceptable input to the *slave* program, but care should be taken to keep grammatical structure on an easy level, so not to confuse the poor program.

## BUGS

This program violates many standards and ethics, most notably the UN's Human Rights (as if they were extendable to programs...)

## AUTHOR

This man page is written by Ingvar Mattsson, 1996, in an effort to extend the *alt.sysadmin.recovery* collection of man pages.