grl-launch(1)
π grl-launch β the manual, but make it cute π
okay so bestie, this is the manual page for grl-launch, living in the General Commands Manual section 1. Yes, the one-and-only. Let's get into it β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
grl-launch β run Grilo operations from the command line π«Ά
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
grl-launch [OPTIONS] OPERATION PARAMETERS
it's giving "give me options, then an operation, then its parameters" and honestly? iconic.
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
So this manual page documents briefly the grl-launch command. Brief queen, we love her π
grl-launch is a tool that lets you run Grilo operations straight from the command line. no cap, that's the whole vibe π
π OPERATIONS π
Here's the whole lineup, bestie. learn them, love them π
browse <source>|<media box>β browse a source, or a media box πΈmay_resolve <key> <source>|<media box> [<source>]β the may-resolve move. note the optional extra[<source>]at the end π¦query <expression> <source>β run a query with an expression against a source π₯resolve <source>|<media> [<source>]β resolve it. and yes, another optional[<source>]π§search <term> <source>β search a term in a source βmonitor <source>β monitor a source πtest_media_from_uri <uri> [<source>]β test media from a uri, with an optional[<source>]πmedia_from_uri <uri> <source>β media from a uri, and this one wants the source <b>for real</b>, no brackets π
π OPTIONS π
One bullet per flag because we do <b>not</b> skip. ever. periodt π
-h,--helpβ show a summary of thegrl-launchoptions. your little cheat sheet π--help-grlβ show a summary of the Grilo options β¨--help-allβ show a summary of <b>all</b> the options. everything, everywhere, all at once π-C,--configβ configuration file to send to sources π-c,--countβ number of elements to return π’-d,--delayβ wait some seconds before performing the operation (default <b>1</b> second). patience is a virtue, bestie β³-f,--flags=full|fast_only|idle_relayβ list of comma-separated flags to use π©-F,--fullβ full serialize π«-k,--keysβ list of comma-separated keys to retrieve π-S,--serializeβ serialize π§-s,--skipβ number of elements to skip. we're skipping, not missing π-T,--titlesβ print column titles (useful for CSV spreadsheets) π-V,--versionβ print version π·οΈ
π EXAMPLES π
Real ones. copied exactly. do not touch π
Print the ID for all the items searched in the Tracker source:
grl-launch-0.3 search "" -S grl-tracker-source
Print the ID and title for the items in the Apple Trailers source:
grl-launch-0.3 -k id,title browse grl-appletrailers-lua
Print the title for the videos indexed by Tracker:
grl-launch-0.3 -S browse -k title grlcontainer://grl-tracker-source/videos
π AUTHOR π
This manual page was written by Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> π shoutout to the author, fr fr.
and that's the whole page, bestie. this version dropped on <b>August 25, 2014</b>, and it's grl-launch(1) through and through. slay, bye π«Άβ¨
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- alpine 3.24: grilo-doc 0.3.19-r1 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- arch rolling: grilo 0.3.19-2 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- centos-stream 9: grilo 0.3.13-7.el9 Β· LGPLv2+
- centos-stream 9: grilo 0.3.13-7.el9 Β· LGPLv2+
- debian bookworm: libgrilo-0.3-bin 0.3.15-1 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- debian trixie: libgrilo-0.3-bin 0.3.16-2 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- fedora 43: grilo 0.3.19-2.fc43 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- fedora 43: grilo 0.3.19-2.fc43 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- fedora 44: grilo 0.3.19-3.fc44 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- fedora 44: grilo 0.3.19-3.fc44 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- nixpkgs unstable: grilo 0.3.19
- opensuse-leap 16.0: grilo-tools 0.3.19-bp160.1.3 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: grilo-tools 0.3.19-bp160.1.3 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: grilo-tools 0.3.19-bp160.1.3 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: grilo-tools 0.3.19-bp160.1.3 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: libgrilo-0.3-bin 0.3.14-1build1 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- ubuntu noble: libgrilo-0.3-bin 0.3.16-1build3 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- ubuntu questing: libgrilo-0.3-bin 0.3.19-1
- ubuntu resolute: libgrilo-0.3-bin 0.3.19-2 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: libgrilo-0.3-bin 0.3.19-2 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
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