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

List the current state of all available rfkill-using devices.

block index|type

Disable the device corresponding to the given index. type is one of "all", "wifi", "bluetooth", "uwb", "wimax", "wwan" or "gps".

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).