libwacom-l...cal-devices(1)

💖 libwacom-list-local-devices 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual — this is the page for libwacom-list-local-devices(1) and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 1am 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

libwacom-list-local-devices — a utility to list tablet devices 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

libwacom-list-local-devices [--format=oneline|datafile] [--database
/path/to/datadir]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so libwacom-list-local-devices is a debug utility, right? it lists the connected tablet devices that libwacom has identified. 👑

it's usually used to check whether a libwacom data file is correct, present, and/or actually applies to a specific device. like a little vibe check for your data files, no cap 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --format=oneline|datafile — sets the output format to be used. if it's oneline, the output format is a one-line format comprising the device name and the event nodes. if it's datafile, the output format matches the tablet data files. the default is oneline. 🌈
• --database /path/do/datadir — sets the data directory path to be used. this is only useful when testing against a modified data path. only libwacom developers need this option. (iykyk 🙈)

⭐ NOTES ⭐

the Linux kernel provides separate /dev/input/event* nodes for the stylus, the pad, and the touch part of the tablet. these device nodes are listed as part of this tool's output. 💖

heads up bestie: this tool is unable to distinguish between multiple identical devices. only one such device will be listed, with all event nodes from all devices that are of the same type. so if you've got twins, you're only meeting one of them 😭

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