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IRCAT(1) | User Commands | IRCAT(1) |
NAME¶
ircat - print strings when pressing buttons
SYNOPSIS¶
ircat [options] <prog>
DESCRIPTION¶
This program prints config strings to standard output. It can be used to provide remote control input to scripts and to debug your .lircrc file.
The argument to the program is the program name, as it appears in the prog entries in .lircrc.
- -h --help
- Display usage summary.
- -v --version
- Display version.
- -c --config=<file>
- Set config file.
EXAMPLES¶
If .lircrc contains:
begin
prog = myprog
button = KEY_CHANNELUP
config = next_file end
then
$ ircat myprog
will print "next_file" (followed by newline) every time the button bound to KEY_CHANNELUP is pressed.
ENVIRONMENT¶
- LIRC_SOCKET_PATH
- The lircd(8) output socket used to retrieve data. Defaults to /var/run/lirc/lircd
SEE ALSO¶
The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation directory.
Last change: Jan 2017 | ircat 0.10.1 |