btmgmt(1)
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NAME
btmgmt - interactive bluetooth management tool
SYNOPSIS
btmgmt [--options] [commands]
DESCRIPTION
btmgmt(1) interactive bluetooth management tool. The tool issues commands to the Kernel using the Bluetooth Management socket, some commands may require net-admin capability in order to work since the Bluetooth Management interface is considered a low-level interface meant for the likes of bluetoothd(8), it is not recommended for applications to use it directly as it may result in unexpected behavior.
OPTIONS
- -i/--index
- Specify adapter index
- -m-/-monitor
- Enable monitor output
- -t/--timeout
- Timeout in seconds for non-interactive mode
- -v/--version
- Display version
- -i/--init-script
- Init script file
- -h/--help
- Display help
COMMANDS
- main
- See bluetoothctl-mgmt(1)
- monitor
- See bluetoothctl-monitor(1)
AUTOMATION
Two common ways to automate the tool are to pass the commands directly like in the follow example:
btmgmt <<EOF list show EOF
Or create a script and pass it as init-script:
$ vi test-script.bt list show quit :wq $ btmgmt --init-script=test-script
RESOURCES
http://www.bluez.org
REPORTING BUGS
linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
COPYRIGHT
Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licenses (LGPL).
| July 2023 | BlueZ |