GWAKEONLAN(1)

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version 0.8.6 · 3 versions
, in arch rolling, debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 GWAKEONLAN — it's the gwakeonlan(1) page bestie 💖

Okay so real talk, this is from the General Commands Manual section, and it's genuinely one of my fave little utilities. Sit down, get comfy, we're waking up computers with ✨magic packets✨.

🌸 NAME 🌸

gWakeOnLAN — wake up your machines using Wake on LAN 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gwakeonlan [options]

That's it. That's the whole vibe. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So gWakeOnLAN is a GTK+ utility that awakens turned-off computers through the Wake on LAN feature. Basically: your PC is asleep, you're in bed, and you're like "not me getting up to press the power button 😭" — and this app says say less.

Here's the catch though, and it's important bestie: the machines you wanna turn on need to be shut off with the Wake on LAN magic packet enabled. If that's not set up, no amount of good vibes will save you. 🙈

Linux girlies can enable it like this:

ethtool -s <nic device> wol g

Note: <nic device> is a placeholder for your actual network interface. Don't type the angle brackets literally, I'm begging. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, which means long options start with two dashes (-). A summary of options is included below, as promised:

  • -h, --help — show a summary of options. Your lil cheat sheet. 💜
  • -v, --verbose — show all error and information messages. Maximum yapping, maximum info. 🔥
  • -q, --quiet — hide all error and information messages. Silent treatment era. 🤫

🍓 FILES 🍓

Your settings are kept under:

~/.config/gwakeonlan/

That's where all the lore lives. 🧚

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

Found a bug? Not the cute kind? Report it here:

https://github.com/muflone/gwakeonlan/issues/

Please be nice and include details, the maintainers are doing their best. 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

gWakeOnLAN was written by Fabio Castelli (Muflone) <muflone@muflone.com>

Actual legend behavior, no cap. 🌈

⭐ HOMEPAGE ⭐

Go be nosy, go contribute, go translate it into your language bestie. 🌍

Copyright © 2009-2022 Fabio Castelli. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

⚠️ There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. So like, if it breaks, that's on you boo. 💀

That's the whole page!! Thank you for coming to my TED talk, mwah. 💖

This little cutie has been around since December 8, 2013 — iconic longevity honestly — and it ships as part of the gWakeOnLAN project by Muflone. Now go wake up some machines, bestie. periodt. 💅✨

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