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.
- -h --help
- display usage summary
- -v --version
- display version
- -c --config=<file>
- set config file
EXAMPLES
If .lircrc contains:
- begin
- prog = myprog
button = tv_p+
config = next_file - end
- then
- $ ircat myprog
- will print "next_file" (followed by newline) every time the button tv_p+ is pressed.
SEE ALSO
- The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are
located under html/ in the documentation directory.