pw-dump(1)

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version 1.6.11 · 12 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 pw-dump — the PipeWire state dumper 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the pw-dump(1) manual page, aka the general commands manual's most underrated girlie 🌸 she's little, she's powerful, and she will literally hand you the entire state of your PipeWire setup as JSON. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

pw-dump — The PipeWire state dumper 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

pw-dump [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options go in, JSON comes out 💅

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so listen 👂 the pw-dump program produces a representation of the current PipeWire state as JSON. and when we say state, we mean the state — it's giving the information on nodes, devices, modules, ports, and other objects. all of it. every object. no crumbs left behind 🍓

like, imagine your entire PipeWire graph just ✨ manifested ✨ as a big beautiful JSON blob. that's her. that's the program. iconic behaviour honestly.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h | --help — Show help. she'll tell you how to use her 🫶
  • -r | --remote=NAME — The name of the remote instance to dump. if you leave it unspecified, a connection is made to the default PipeWire instance. so like, don't worry about it unless you're being fancy 💅
  • -m | --monitor — Monitor PipeWire state changes, and output JSON arrays describing changes. this one is the main character fr fr — she just sits there and watches, streaming you every lil change as it happens 👀 not a one-and-done dump, a whole live feed
  • -N | --no-colors — Disable color output. for when you want the plain unseasoned version 🥲
  • -C | --color=WHEN — Whether to enable color support. and WHEN is one of never, always, or auto. pick your fighter 🌈

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The PipeWire Developers — you can find them over at <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues> 💜 and PipeWire itself is available from <https://pipewire.org> ⭐

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

pipewire(1), pw-cli(1), pw-top(1)

okay and that's the whole page bestie!! 💖 this was the pw-dump manual, from the General Commands Manual, and it's brought to you by PipeWire version 1.6.11 — so if you're out here reading this in some other era, check your version, iykyk 🦋✨ stay hydrated, dump your state responsibly, periodt 💅🎀

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