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1.TH CEC-CLIENT "1" "January 2012" "User Commands"
2.SH NAME
3cec\-client \- CEC connection client utility
4.SH DESCRIPTION
5cec\-client {\-h|\-\-help|\-l|\-\-list\-devices|[COM PORT]}
6.SS "parameters:"
7.TP
8\fB\-h\fR \fB\-\-help\fR
9Shows this help text
10.TP
11\fB\-l\fR \fB\-\-list\-devices\fR
12List all devices on this system
13.TP
14\fB\-t\fR \fB\-\-type\fR {p|r|t|a}
15The device type to use. More than one is possible.
16.TP
17\fB\-p\fR \fB\-\-port\fR {int}
18The HDMI port to use as active source.
19.TP
20\fB\-b\fR \fB\-\-base\fR {int}
21The logical address of the device to with this
22adapter is connected.
23.TP
24\fB\-f\fR \fB\-\-log\-file\fR {file}
25Writes all libCEC log message to a file
26.TP
27\fB\-sf\fR \fB\-\-short\-log\-file\fR {file} Writes all libCEC log message without timestamps
28and log levels to a file.
29.TP
30\fB\-d\fR \fB\-\-log\-level\fR {level}
31Sets the log level. See cectypes.h for values.
32.TP
33\fB\-s\fR \fB\-\-single\-command\fR
34Execute a single command and exit. Does not power
35on devices on startup and power them off on exit.
36.TP
37[COM PORT]
38The com port to connect to. If no COM
39port is given, the client tries to connect to the
40first device that is detected.
41.PP
42Type 'h' or 'help' and press enter after starting the client to display all
43available commands