IRCAT
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Last change: Jan 2017
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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.
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-v --version
-
Display version.
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-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.
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