Section 1 · User commands

btmgmt.1

Package: bluez

BTMGMT

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
COMMANDS
AUTOMATION
RESOURCES
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT

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 ther terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licenses (LGPL).