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IRCAT(1) User Commands IRCAT(1)

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.

Display usage summary.
Display version.
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

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.

Last change: Jan 2017 ircat 0.10.1