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pw-cli — Manage a PipeWire instance's modules, objects, nodes, devices, links, and much more. See also: `wpct

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Problem

How to use the pw-cli command: Manage a PipeWire instance's modules, objects, nodes, devices, links, and much more. See also: wpctl. More information: <https://docs.pipewire.org/page_man_pw-cli_1.html>.

Solution

pw-cli — Manage a PipeWire instance's modules, objects, nodes, devices, links, and much more. See also: wpctl. More information: <https://docs.pipewire.org/page_man_pw-cli_1.html>.

Print information of all object of a specific type:

pw-cli {{[ls|list-objects]}} {{Node|Link|Port|Client|Device|Metadata|Factory|Module|Profiler|SecurityContext|Core}}

Print information about an object with a specific ID:

pw-cli {{[i|info]}} {{4}}

Print all objects' information:

pw-cli {{[i|info]}} all

Monitor for object changes:

pw-cli {{[-m|--monitor]}}

Display help:

pw-cli {{[h|help]}}

Code Snippets

Print information of all object of a specific type

pw-cli {{[ls|list-objects]}} {{Node|Link|Port|Client|Device|Metadata|Factory|Module|Profiler|SecurityContext|Core}}

Print information about an object with a specific ID

pw-cli {{[i|info]}} {{4}}

Print all objects' information

pw-cli {{[i|info]}} all

Monitor for object changes

pw-cli {{[-m|--monitor]}}

Display help

pw-cli {{[h|help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/pw-cli

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