grub-mklayout(1)

grub-mklayout1

Generate a grub keyboard layout file

Usage

grub-mklayout [OPTION ...] [OPTIONS]

Overview

grub-mklayout processes a keyboard layout description in keymaps(5) format into a format that can be used by GRUB's keymap command.

Generate GRUB keyboard layout from Linux console one.

-i, --input=FILE

set input filename. Default is STDIN

-o, --output=FILE

set output filename. Default is STDOUT

-v, --verbose

print verbose messages.

-?, --help

give this help list

--usage

give a short usage message

-V, --version

print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13
  8. Arch

--usage since Debian 8 (Jessie); -? since Debian 8 (Jessie).

-h until Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From grub 2:2.16-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.