1RFKILL(1)                   General Commands Manual                  RFKILL(1)
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NAME

6       rfkill - tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices
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SYNOPSIS

9       rfkill [options] command
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OPTIONS

12       --version
13              Show the version of rfkill.
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COMMANDS

16       help   Show rfkill's built-in help text.
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18       event  Listen for rfkill events and display them on stdout.
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20       list   List the current state of all available rfkill-using devices.
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22       block index|type
23              Disable  the  device  corresponding to the given index.  type is
24              one of "all", "wifi", "bluetooth",  "uwb",  "wimax",  "wwan"  or
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27       unblock index|type
28              Enable  the  device  corresponding  to  the  given index. If the
29              device is hard-blocked, e.g. via  a  hardware  switch,  it  will
30              remain unavailable though it is now soft-unblocked.
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AUTHORS

33       rfkill  was  originally  written  by  Johannes  Berg <johannes@sipsolu‐
34       tions.net> and Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>.
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36       This manual  page  was  written  by  Darren  Salt  <linux@youmustbejok‐
37       ing.demon.co.uk>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
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41                                 July 10, 2009                       RFKILL(1)