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<h1>IRCAT</h1>
Section: User Commands (1)<br>Updated: Last change: Jan 2017<br><a href="#index">Index</a>
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<h2>NAME</h2>
ircat - print strings when pressing buttons
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<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
<b>ircat</b>
[<i>options</i>] <<i>prog</i>>
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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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.
<p>
The argument to the program is the program name, as it
appears in the prog entries in .lircrc.
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<dl>
<div><dt>
<b>-h</b> <b>--help</b>
</dt></div>
<dd>
Display usage summary.
</dd>
<div><dt>
<b>-v</b> <b>--version</b>
</dt></div>
<dd>
Display version.
</dd>
<div><dt>
<b>-c</b> <b>--config=</b><<i>file</i>></dt></div>
<dd>
Set config file.
</dd>
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<h2>EXAMPLES</h2>
If .lircrc contains:
<p>
</p>
<pre>
begin
prog = myprog
button = KEY_CHANNELUP
config = next_file
end
</pre>
<p>
then
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre>
$ ircat myprog
</pre>
<p>
will print "next_file" (followed by newline) every time the
button bound to KEY_CHANNELUP is pressed.
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<h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2>
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<div><dt>
<b>LIRC_SOCKET_PATH</b>
</dt></div>
<dd>
The <b><a href="lircd.html">lircd</a>(8)</b> output socket used to retrieve data.
Defaults to /run/lirc/lircd
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<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p>
The documentation for
<b>lirc</b>
is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the
documentation directory.
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<dd>
</dd>
<div><dt><a href="#lbAE">EXAMPLES</a></dt></div>
<dd>
</dd>
<div><dt><a href="#lbAF">ENVIRONMENT</a></dt></div>
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<div><dt><a href="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</a></dt></div>
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