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 = 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.

ENVIRONMENT

       LIRC_SOCKET_PATH
           The lircd(8) output socket used to retrieve data.  Defaults to /var/run/lirc/lircd

SEE ALSO

       The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located  under  html/  in
       the documentation directory.