PW-CLI(1) General Commands Manual PW-CLI(1)
NAME
pw-cli - The PipeWire Command Line Interface
SYNOPSIS
pw-cli [command]
DESCRIPTION
Interact with a PipeWire instance.
When a command is given, pw-cli will execute the command and exit
When no command is given, pw-cli starts an interactive session with the
default PipeWire instance pipewire-0.
Connections to other, remote instances can be made. The current in-
stance name is displayed at the prompt. Some commands operate on the
current instance and some on the local instance.
Use the 'help' command to list the available commands.
GENERAL COMMANDS
help Show a quick help on the commands available.
quit Exit from pw-cli
MODULE MANAGEMENT
Modules are loaded and unloaded in the local instance and can add
functionality or objects to the local instance.
load-module name [arguments...]
Load a module specified by its name and arguments. For most mod-
ules it is OK to be loaded more than once.
This command returns a module variable that can be used to un-
load the module.
unload-module module-var
Unload a module, specified either by its variable.
OBJECT INTROSPECTION
list-objects
List the objects of the current instance.
Objects are listed with their id, type and version.
info id | all
Get information about a specific object or all objects.
Requesting info about an object will also notify you of changes.
WORKING WITH REMOTES
connect [remote-name]
Connect to a remote instance and make this the new current in-
stance.
If no remote name is specified, a connection is made to the de-
fault remote instance, usually pipewire-0.
This command returns a remote var that can be used to disconnect
or switch remotes.
disconnect [remote-var]
Disconnect from a remote instance.
If no remote name is specified, the current instance is discon-
nected.
list-remotes
List all remote instances.
switch-remote [remote-var]
Make the specified remote the current instance.
If no remote name is specified, the local instance is made cur-
rent.
NODE MANAGEMENT
create-node factory-name [properties...]
Create a node from a factory in the current instance.
Properties are key=value pairs separated by whitespace.
This command returns a node variable.
destroy-node node-var
Destroy a node.
export-node node-id [remote-var]
Export a node from the local instance to the specified instance.
When no instance is specified, the node will be exported to the
current instance.
LINK MANAGEMENT
create-link node-id port-id node-id port-id [properties...]
Create a link between 2 nodes and ports.
Port ids can be -1 to automatically select an available port.
Properties are key=value pairs separated by whitespace.
This command returns a link variable.
destroy-link link-var
Destroy a link.
EXAMPLES
AUTHORS
The PipeWire Developers <-
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>; PipeWire is
available from https://pipewire.org
SEE ALSO
pipewire(1), pw-mon(1),
PW-CLI(1)
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