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.