ptlab.1 (1183B)
1 .Dd October 19, 2025 2 .Dt PTLAB 1 3 .Os 4 .Sh NAME 5 .Nm ptlab 6 .Nd Packet Tracer wrapper script 7 .Sh SYNOPSIS 8 .Nm 9 .Op -lnkux 10 .Op Ar lab 11 .Sh DESCRIPTION 12 The 13 .Nm 14 utility manages Wendell Odom's Config Lab Packet Tracer files. By 15 default, 16 .Ar lab 17 can be either a URL to the Config Lab or the lab's ID. If run 18 without the 19 .Ar lab 20 argument, 21 .Nm 22 executes Packet Tracer without any startup file. 23 .Pp 24 The following options are available: 25 .Bl -tag -width indent 26 .It Fl l 27 Treat 28 the provided 29 .Ar lab 30 as a .pkt file instead of a config lab identifier. 31 .It Fl n 32 Don't run packet tracer, only fetch the config lab. 33 .It Fl k 34 Keep lab from last run instead of overwriting it with the initial 35 config lab. 36 .It Fl u 37 Update the config lab with the newest version from the server. 38 .It Fl x 39 Turn on debugging 40 .Xr ( sh 1 41 Xtrace option). 42 .Pp 43 .Sh FILES 44 .Bl -tag -width Ds 45 .It Pa ~/ptlabs/ 46 Directory for config labs and temporary files. 47 .El 48 .Sh EXIT STATUS 49 .Ex -std 50 .Sh EXAMPLES 51 .Pp 52 Run the 53 .Qq ROAS Basics 1 54 lab: 55 .Pp 56 .Dl $ ptlab https://www.certskills.com/clab120/ 57 .Pp 58 Update the same lab, but don't run it: 59 .Pp 60 .Dl $ ptlab -u -n 120 61 .Pp 62 .\.Sh SEE ALSO 63 .Sh AUTHORS 64 .An Jacob R. Edwards Aq Mt jacob@jacobedwards.org