ircat - print strings when pressing buttons
ircat [options] <prog>
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.
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.
LIRC_SOCKET_PATH
The lircd(8) output socket used to retrieve data. Defaults to /var/run/lirc/lircd
The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation directory.