sys-utils/rfkill.8

   1 .\" -*- nroff -*-
   2 .TH RFKILL "8" "2017-07-06" "util-linux" "System Administration"
   3 .SH NAME
   4 rfkill \- tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices
   5 .SH SYNOPSIS
   6 .B rfkill
   7 .RI [ options ] " command" " [" id | type \ ...]
   8 .SH OPTIONS
   9 .TP
  10 \fB\-J\fR, \fB\-\-json\fR
  11 Use JSON output format.
  12 .TP
  13 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-noheadings\fR
  14 Do not print a header line.
  15 .TP
  16 \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR
  17 Specify which output columns to print.  Use \-\-help to get a list of
  18 available columns.
  19 .TP
  20 \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fR
  21 Use the raw output format.
  22 .TP
  23 .B \-\-help
  24 Display help text and exit.
  25 .TP
  26 .B \-\-version
  27 Display version information and exit.
  28 .SH COMMANDS
  29 .TP
  30 .B help
  31 Display help text and exit.
  32 .TP
  33 .B event
  34 Listen for rfkill events and display them on stdout.
  35 .TP
  36 \fBlist \fR[\fIid\fR|\fItype\fR ...]
  37 List the current state of all available devices.  The full list has TYPE and
  38 ID columns that one can use to limit the scope.  It is a good idea to check
  39 with
  40 .B list
  41 command
  42 .IR id " or " type
  43 scope is appropriate before setting
  44 .BR block " or " unblock .
  45 Special
  46 .I all
  47 type string will match everything.  Use of multiple
  48 .IR id " or " type
  49 arguments is supported.
  50 .TP
  51 \fBblock \fBid\fR|\fBtype\fR [...]
  52 Disable the corresponding device.
  53 .TP
  54 \fBunblock \fBid\fR|\fBtype\fR [...]
  55 Enable the corresponding device.  If the device is hard\-blocked, for example
  56 via a hardware switch, it will remain unavailable though it is now
  57 soft\-unblocked.
  58 .SH EXAMPLES
  59 rfkill list
  60 .br
  61 rfkill block all
  62 .br
  63 rfkill unblock wlan
  64 .br
  65 rfkill block bluetooth uwb wimax wwan gps fm nfc
  66 .SH AUTHORS
  67 .B rfkill
  68 was originally written by
  69 .MT johannes@\:sipsolutions.\:net
  70 Johannes Berg
  71 .ME
  72 and
  73 .MT marcel@\:holtmann.\:org
  74 Marcel Holtmann
  75 .ME .
  76 The code has been later modifified by
  77 .MT kerolasa@\:iki.\:fi
  78 Sami Kerola
  79 .ME
  80 for util-linux project.
  81 .PP
  82 This manual page was written by
  83 .MT linux@\:youmustbejoking.\:demon.\:co.uk
  84 Darren Salt
  85 .ME ,
  86 for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
  87 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  88 .BR powertop (8),
  89 .BR systemd-rfkill (8),
  90 .UR https://\:git.\:kernel.\:org/\:pub/\:scm/\:linux/\:kernel/\:git/\:torvalds/\:linux.git/\:tree/\:Documentation/\:rfkill.txt
  91 Linux kernel documentation
  92 .UE
  93 .SH AVAILABILITY
  94 The rfkill command is part of the util\-linux package and is available from
  95 .UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util\-linux/
  96 Linux Kernel Archive
  97 .UE .