SYD-CAT(1) General Commands Manual SYD-CAT(1)

syd-cat - Tool to parse, validate and display syd(5) configuration

syd-cat [-hjJmM] [-p name] <path>...

Given a list of paths, parses and validates syd(5) configuration.

Prints configuration to standard output on success.

Supported configuration file extensions are .ipset, .netset, and .syd-3.

-h Display help.
-j Display Syd configuration as JSON.
-J Display Syd configuration as compact JSON.
-m magic Run a magic command at init, may be repeated.
-M magic Run a magic command at exit, may be repeated.
-p name Display rules of the profile with the given name. Use list as name to display the list of profiles.

syd(1), syd(2), syd(5), syd(7)

syd homepage: https://sydbox.exherbo.org/

Maintained by Ali Polatel. Up-to-date sources can be found at https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox.git and bugs/patches can be submitted to https://gitlab.exherbo.org/groups/sydbox/-/issues. Discuss in #sydbox on Libera Chat or in #sydbox:mailstation.de on Matrix.

2025-11-14