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RFKILL(8) System Manager's Manual RFKILL(8)

NAME

rfkill - tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices

SYNOPSIS

rfkill [options] command

OPTIONS

Show the version of rfkill.

COMMANDS

Show rfkill's built-in help text.
Listen for rfkill events and display them on stdout.
List the current state of all available rfkill-using devices, or just all of the given type.
Disable the device corresponding to the given index. type is one of "all", "wifi", "wlan", "bluetooth", "uwb", "ultrawideband", "wimax", "wwan", "gps" or "fm".
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