GPIOCLI(1)

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version 2.2.5 · 3 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ GPIOCLI(1) — the gpiocli era ✨

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about gpiocli from the libgpiod universe. it's giving "command-line utility, but make it cunty" 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

gpiocli — the libgpiod command-line utility. that's it, that's the name, she's simple and she's iconic.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

gpiocli [OPTION…] CMD [ARGS?] ...

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

she's a simple command-line client for controlling gpio-manager. lowkey the whole vibe is: you talk, she talks to the manager, the GPIO lines do what you said. no cap.

🌸 Help Options 🌸

  • -h, --help — shows you the help options. when in doubt, ask for help, bestie, it's free therapy 🫶

💅 Application Options 💅

  • -v, --version — shows the version and then exits. she tells you who she is and leaves. main character behaviour, honestly ✨

👑 Available commands 👑

  • detect — lists the GPIO chips and prints all their properties. it's the "who's here and what are they about" command 🔍
  • find — you hand her a line name, she finds that line's parent chip's name and its offset within it. like a little detective but make her a fairy 🧚
  • info — prints information about GPIO lines. just the facts, but cute 🌈
  • get — gets the values of GPIO lines. reading the room, but for pins 📖
  • monitor — notifies you about edge events. she WILL text you when something happens 💬
  • notify — notifies you about line property changes. same energy, different gossip 💜
  • reconfigure — changes the line configuration for an existing request. glow-up for your request ✨
  • release — releases one of the line requests controlled by the manager. letting it go, as one does 🕊️
  • request — requests a set of GPIO lines for exclusive usage by the manager. exclusive. she said exclusive 💅
  • requests — lists all line requests controlled by the manager. roll call 📋
  • set — sets values of GPIO lines. writing, not reading, periodt ✍️
  • wait — waits for the gpio-manager interface to appear. she is patient, she is devoted, she is waiting by the phone 😭
D-Bus API version: 1 — that's the number, don't come for her, she knows her version 🌟

🍓 AUTHOR 🍓

Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> — the icon, the legend, the moment 👑

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, bestie, report it to:

  • Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>
  • linux-gpio <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>

they want to know. fr fr. 🐛

and that's the whole page, bestie — libgpiod v2.2.5, June 2026 💖 go forth, control some lines, and remember: exclusive usage means exclusive. mwah 🫶🌸

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