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NAME

       rfkill - tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices

SYNOPSIS

       rfkill [options] command

OPTIONS

       --version
              Show the version of rfkill.

COMMANDS

       help   Show rfkill’s built-in help text.

       event  Listen for rfkill events and display them on stdout.

       list [type]
              List the current state of all available rfkill-using devices, or
              just all of the given type.

       block index|type
              Disable the device corresponding to the given  index.   type  is
              one    of    "all",    "wifi",   "wlan",   "bluetooth",   "uwb",
              "ultrawideband", "wimax", "wwan", "gps" or "fm".

       unblock index|type
              Enable the device corresponding  to  the  given  index.  If  the
              device  is  hard-blocked,  e.g.  via  a hardware switch, it will
              remain unavailable though it is now soft-unblocked.

AUTHORS

       rfkill     was     originally     written     by     Johannes      Berg
       <johannes@sipsolutions.net>  and Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>.

       This     manual     page     was     written     by     Darren     Salt
       <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>, for the Debian project (and may be
       used by others).

                                 July 10, 2009