Generates initial ramdisk environments for booting the Linux kernel based on the specified preset(s). More information: <https://man.archlinux.org/man/mkinitcpio.8>.

• Perform a dry run (print what would be done without actually doing it):
  mkinitcpio
• Generate a ramdisk environment based on the `linux` preset:
  mkinitcpio --preset linux
• Generate a ramdisk environment based on the `linux-lts` preset:
  mkinitcpio --preset linux-lts
• Generate ramdisk environments based on all existing presets (used to regenerate all the initramfs images after a change in `/etc/mkinitcpio.conf`):
  mkinitcpio --allpresets
• Generate an initramfs image using an alternative configuration file:
  mkinitcpio --config path/to/mkinitcpio.conf --generate path/to/initramfs.img
• Generate an initramfs image for a kernel other than the one currently running (the installed kernel releases can be found in `/usr/lib/modules/`):
  mkinitcpio --kernel kernel_version --generate path/to/initramfs.img
• List all available hooks:
  mkinitcpio --listhooks
• Display help for a specific hook:
  mkinitcpio --hookhelp hook_name

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