IRCAT

 

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.  

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The LIRC Manual, last update: 24-May-2009