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## NAME
       plymouthd - The plymouth daemon

## SYNOPSIS
### plymouthd [OPTION...]

## DESCRIPTION
       The **plymouthd** daemon is usually run out of the initrd. It does the heavy lifting of the
       plymouth system, logging the session and showing the splash screen.

       The **plymouth** is used to send commands to plymouthd that control its behaviour.

## OPTIONS
       The following options are understood:

### --help
           Show summary of options.

### --attach-to-session
           Redirect console messages from screen to log.

### --no-daemon
           Do not daemonize.

### --debug
           Output debugging information.

### --debug-file=STRING
           File to write debugging information to.

### --mode=MODE
           Set mode to either boot or shutdown.

### --pid-file=STRING
           Write the PID of the daemon to a file.

### --kernel-command-line=STRING
           Fake kernel commandline to use.

### --tty=STRING
           TTY to use instead of default.

## SEE ALSO
       [**grub**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/grub/8/markdown), [**plymouth**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/plymouth/8/markdown), [**plymouth**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/plymouth/1/markdown), **<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth>**



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