ircat - print strings when pressing buttons

       This  program prints config strings to standard output. It can be used to provide remote control input to
       scripts and to debug your .lircrc file.

       The argument to the program is the program name, as it appears in the prog entries in .lircrc.

       -h--help
              Display usage summary.

       -v--version
              Display version.

       -c--config=<file>
              Set config file.

LIRC_SOCKET_PATH
           The lircd(8) output socket used to retrieve data.  Defaults to /var/run/lirc/lircd

       If .lircrc contains:

       begin
               prog = myprog
               button = KEY_CHANNELUP
               config = next_file
       end

       then

       $ ircat myprog

       will print "next_file" (followed by newline) every time the button bound to KEY_CHANNELUP is pressed.

       ircat - print strings when pressing buttons

       The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation
       directory.

ircat 0.10.2                                  Last change: Jan 2017                                     IRCAT(1)

ircat [options] <prog>