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<h1>IRW</h1>
Section: User Commands (1)<br>Updated: Last change: Sep 2015<br><a href="#index">Index</a>
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<h2>NAME</h2>
<p>
<b>irw</b> - Send data from Unix domain socket to stdout
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<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
<p>
<b>irw</b> [<i>socket</i>]
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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p>
<b>irw</b> will connect to any Unix domain socket and print the
received data to stdout. Without a <i>socket</i> argument it will watch
<i>/run/lirc/lircd</i>. Useful for debugging.
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<p>
Options:
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<dl>
<div><dt>
<b>-h</b> <i>--help</i>
</dt></div>
<dd>
Display usage summary
</dd>
<div><dt>
<b>-v</b> <i>--version</i>
</dt></div>
<dd>
Display version
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>SIGNALS</h2>
<p>
On receiving SIGUSR1 <b>irw</b> makes a clean exit.
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<h2>EXAMPLE</h2>
<p>
Dumping the default socket while pressing one button:
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<pre>
myhost $ irw
0000000000f40bf0 00 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
0000000000f40bf0 01 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
0000000000f40bf0 02 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
0000000000f40bf0 03 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
0000000000f40bf0 04 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
0000000000f40bf0 05 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
^C
myhost $
Note that the second counter is incremented for each new event generated
by the single key press. This is important for correct lircd operation.
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<h2>NOTES</h2>
<p>
Since the lircd socket supports multiple clients, <b>irw</b> can run in
parallel with other applications.
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<p>
<b>irw</b> does nothing more than dumps a unix-domain socket, a task which
many standard tools also can do. E. g., the <a href="ncat.html">ncat</a>(1) tool can be
used instead of irw to provide more flexibility (but without a sane default
socket):
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<pre>
ncat -U /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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<div><dt><a href="#lbAB">NAME</a></dt></div>
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<div><dt><a href="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</a></dt></div>
<dd>
</dd>
<div><dt><a href="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</a></dt></div>
<dd>
</dd>
<div><dt><a href="#lbAE">SIGNALS</a></dt></div>
<dd>
</dd>
<div><dt><a href="#lbAF">EXAMPLE</a></dt></div>
<dd>
</dd>
<div><dt><a href="#lbAG">NOTES</a></dt></div>
<dd>
</dd>
<div><dt><a href="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</a></dt></div>
<dd>
</dd>
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