NAME

       irexec - run programs with one button press

SYNOPSIS

       irexec [options] [config_file]

DESCRIPTION

       irexec executes commands on an IR signal decoded by lircd, the LIRC daemon. It uses an lircrc config file
       where the  config =  entries are executed. E. g., given the following config file snippet
           begin
               prog   = irexec
               button = KEY_RED
               config = echo "KEY_RED"
           end

       irexec will echo KEY_RED on the terminal when the corresponding button is pushed on a remote. The command
       is an arbitrary shell command executed asynchronously - irexec does not wait for it to complete.

ARGUMENTS

       config_file
           lircrc  configuration  file.  irexec  only  uses  entries  with  prog  = irexec. The path defaults to
           ~/.config/lircrc.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
           Display usage summary

       -v, --version
           Display version

       -d, --daemon
           Make irexec fork to background. In this case a config file should be given on  the  command  line  as
           irexec won't be able to find any home directory.

       -D, --loglevel [level]
           Determine  the amount of logging information. [level] can be a symbolic syslog level: error, warning,
           info, notice or debug. lirc also defines three additional levels trace, trace and trace2 which  gives
           even  more  messages  (trace2  bringing  the  most). However, in the log these messages are marked as
           debug. By default, no logging is done.

       -n, --name <name>
           Use this program name instead of the default irexec as identifier in the lircd.conf file.

ENVIRONMENT

       LIRC_SOCKET_PATH
           Path to the lircd socket irexec reads from, defaults to /var/run/lirc/lircd.

FILES

       ~/.config/lircrc
           Default config file

       /etc/lirc/lircrc
           Config file used by the systemd irexec service.

       ~/.cache/irexec.log
           Debug   log.   Setting   the   XDG_CACHE_HOME   environment   variable   relocates   this   file   to
           $XDG_CACHE_HOME/irexec.log

NOTES

       For  versions  up  to 0.9.1 irexec used to  wait until the executed program terminated. Old configuration
       files thus often includes a  '&' appended to the command string to avoid being stuck in the command. This
       is not required in 0.9.2+ which cannot wait for command completion.

       irexec  should run as a service. The contrib directory contains a .desktop file which could be dropped in
       ~/.local/autostart. Doing so creates a service which can be handled by  regular  desktop  tools  such  as
       gnome-tweak-tool  on  all major desktops. If running restricted commands such as powering off the machine
       is required, sudo(8) can be used to allow regular users to run such commands.

       An alternative is to use the irexec.service systemd service which runs as root (and can run  in  parallel
       with  the  desktop  service).   Running  as root has severe security implications.  See the Configuration
       Guide in the html documentation.

SEE ALSO

       lircrc(5)
           The lircrc configuration file.