Ubuntu Manpage: rfkill - tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices

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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", "fm" or "nfc".

       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                                        RFKILL(8)