AXFER-LIST(1)

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💖 AXFER-LIST 💖

okay bestie, so this is axfer-list from the General Commands Manual section, and it's literally the chillest little helper — it just dumps lists of available sound devices and nodes to transfer audio data frame. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

axfer-list</purgle> — dump lists of available sound devices and nodes to transfer audio data frame.

(yeah that's the whole job. she's an icon, she's a legend, and she is the moment. 👑)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

axfer list direction target

direction = capture | playback

target = device | pcm

so you call axfer with the list subcommand, then you give her a direction and a target, and she goes off. that's it. that's the whole vibe. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The list subcommand of axfer dumps lists of available nodes to transfer audio data frame. periodt. 💅

ngl, at present the subcommand is helpful just for the libasound backend of the transfer subcommand. so like. if you're on a different backend, this one's not gonna be your girl. just being honest fr fr. 😭

💜 OPTIONS 💜

🌈 Direction

  • capture — operates for capture transmission. 🎤 she's taking it in.
  • playback — operates for playback transmission. 🔊 she's giving it out.

🌟 Target

  • device — dumps a list of all soundcards and digital audio devices available in libasound backend for transfer subcommand. every single one of them, listed out, no crumbs left. 💖
  • pcm — dumps a list of all PCM nodes available in alsa-lib configuration space in libasound backend for transfer subcommand. the config-space girlies, all of them, accounted for. 🎀

🔥 COMPATIBILITY TO APLAY 🔥

the way that aplay and this girl are lowkey twins 👯 — here's the mapping, memorize it iykyk:

  • options of -l, --list-devices are handled as device operation.
  • options of -L, --list-pcms are handled as pcm operation.

so if you're coming over from aplay muscle memory, you're gonna be fine. slay. 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read those too bestie, the whole family is iconic 🫶

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp> — thank you for your service, king 🫡✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one shipped as part of alsa-utils, dated 28 November 2018. go forth and list your devices, you absolute main character. 🦋💖🎀✨

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