NAME

       rfkill - tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices

SYNOPSIS

       rfkill [options] [command] [id|type ...]

DESCRIPTION

       rfkill lists, enabling and disabling wireless devices.

       The  command  "list"  output format is deprecated and maintained for backward compatibility only. The new
       output format is the default when no command is specified or when the option --output is used.

       The default output is subject to change.  So whenever possible, you should avoid using default outputs in
       your  scripts.   Always  explicitly  define expected columns by using the --output option together with a
       columns list in environments where a stable output is required.

OPTIONS

       -J, --json
              Use JSON output format.

       -n, --noheadings
              Do not print a header line.

       -o, --output
              Specify which output columns to print.  Use --help to get a list of available columns.

       --output-all
              Output all available columns.

       -r, --raw
              Use the raw output format.

       --help Display help text and exit.

       --version
              Display version information and exit.

COMMANDS

       help   Display help text and exit.

       event  Listen for rfkill events and display them on stdout.

       list [id|type ...]
              List the current state of all available devices.  The command output format is deprecated, see the
              section DESCRIPTION.  It is a good idea to check with list command id or type scope is appropriate
              before setting block or unblock.  Special all type string will match everything.  Use of  multiple
              id or type arguments is supported.

       block id|type [...]
              Disable the corresponding device.

       unblock id|type [...]
              Enable  the  corresponding  device.   If  the  device  is hard-blocked, for example via a hardware
              switch, it will remain unavailable though it is now soft-unblocked.

EXAMPLES

       rfkill --output ID,TYPE
       rfkill block all
       rfkill unblock wlan
       rfkill block bluetooth uwb wimax wwan gps fm nfc

AUTHORS

       rfkill was originally written by Johannes Berg ⟨johannes@sipsolutions.net⟩ and Marcel  Holtmann  ⟨marcel@
       holtmann.org⟩.   The  code  has been later modified by Sami Kerola ⟨kerolasa@iki.fi⟩ and Karel Zak ⟨kzak@
       redhat.com⟩ for util-linux project.

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

SEE ALSO

       powertop(8),  systemd-rfkill(8), Linux kernel documentation ⟨https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/
       git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/rfkill.txt⟩

AVAILABILITY

       The rfkill command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨https://
       www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩.