rctest(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

rctest — RFCOMM testing. Okay so this is the rctest(1) page from the Linux System Administration manual, bestie, and it's literally here to test RFCOMM communications on the BlueZ stack. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rctest <MODE> [OPTIONS] [bdaddr]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

rctest(1) is used to test RFCOMM communications on the BlueZ stack. That's the whole vibe — RFCOMM testing, periodt. 💅

🦋 MODES 🦋

Pick your mode, bestie — one of these iconic choices:

• -r — listen and receive
• -w — listen and send
• -d — listen and dump incoming data
• -s — connect and send
• -u — connect and receive
• -n — connect and be silent
• -c — connect, disconnect, connect, ...
• -m — multiple connects

💖 OPTIONS 💖

Here's the full option menu — no skips, no lies, every single one:

• -b bytes — send/receive bytes
• -i device — select the specified device
• -P channel — select the specified channel
• -U uuid — select the specified uuid
• -L seconds — enable SO_LINGER options for seconds
• -W seconds — enable deferred setup for seconds
• -B filename — use data packets from filename
• -N num — send num frames
• -C num — send num frames before delay (default: 1)
• -D milliseconds — delay milliseconds after sending num frames (default: 0)
• -A — request authentication
• -E — request encryption
• -S — secure connection
• -M — become central
• -T — enable timestamps

🌈 RESOURCES 🌈

Need the BlueZ site? It's right here:

<http://www.bluez.org>

🫶 REPORTING BUGS 🫶

Got a bug to report? Hit up:

<linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org>

👑 Author 👑

• Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
• Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
• Filippo Giunchedi <filippo@debian.org>

💜 Copyright 💜

Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licenses (LGPL). Slay, licensing done. 💅

That's the whole page, bestie — BlueZ, Jul 6, 2009, rctest(1). Catch you in the group chat! 🫶✨