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NAME

6       irw - Send data from Unix domain socket to stdout
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SYNOPSIS

9       irw [socket]
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DESCRIPTION

12       irw  will connect to any Unix domain socket and print the received data
13       to stdout. Without a socket argument it will watch /var/run/lirc/lircd.
14       Useful for debugging.
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18       -h --help
19              Display usage summary
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21       -v --version
22              Display version
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SIGNALS

25       On receiving SIGUSR1 irw makes a clean exit.
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EXAMPLE

29       Dumping the default socket while pressing one button:
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32           myhost $ irw
33           0000000000f40bf0 00 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
34           0000000000f40bf0 01 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
35           0000000000f40bf0 02 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
36           0000000000f40bf0 03 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
37           0000000000f40bf0 04 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
38           0000000000f40bf0 05 KEY_POWER ANIMAX
39           ^C
40           myhost $
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43       Note that the second counter is incremented for each new event generated
44       by the single key press. This is important for correct lircd operation.
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NOTES

48       Since the lircd socket supports multiple clients, irw can run in paral‐
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51       irw does nothing more than dumps a unix-domain  socket,  a  task  which
52       many  standard  tools  also can do. E. g., the ncat(1) tool can be used
53       instead of irw to provide more flexibility (but without a sane  default
54       socket):
55           ncat -U /var/run/lirc/lircd
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SEE ALSO

59       The  documentation  for  lirc  is  maintained  as  html pages. They are
60       located under html/ in the documentation directory.
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64irw 0.10.0                   Last change: Sep 2015                      IRW(1)