SPECTOOLS(1)

📦 version 201601r1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🎀 SPECTOOLS(1) — spectool_curses 💖

okay bestie, this is a page from the General Commands Manual, section 1, and the command it's all about is spectool_curses. It's a Wi-Spy tool. Yes, Wi-Spy. The spectrum analyzer thing. We're doing RF today, apparently. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

spectool_curses — Utility for developing other tools using the Wi-Spy 🌈

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

spectool_curses [-n network server]  [-b]

so that's the whole vibe right there. two optional flags, no positional args, no drama. 💜

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

spectool_curses is a simple tool which extracts data from the Wi-Spy device. fr fr, that's its whole job — it pulls the data out of the device for you.

and the reason it exists? it can be used to create other tools or scripts. it's the little building block, the starter pack, the main character that lets other main characters happen. if you're writing your own Wi-Spy thing, this is your girl. 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). A summary of options is included below.

  • -h, --help — show summary of options. the "help me, I'm lost" button, and honestly? iconic. 🫶
  • -n tcp://host:port, --net tcp://host:port — connect to network server instead of local USB devices. so instead of plugging the Wi-Spy straight into your machine's USB, you point it at a server over the network. give it the whole tcp://host:port and off you go. 🌐
also, real talk: there's a -b sitting in the synopsis up there, and the page itself never spells out what it does. so we are not making anything up about it. no cap. the synopsis is the synopsis. 💀

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

  • spectool_gtk (1)
  • spectool_raw (1)
  • spectool_net (1)

go read those next, bestie, they're the rest of the family. ✨

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

This manual page was written by Francois Marier <francois@debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

and that's the whole page, babe 💖 big thank you to the General Commands Manual for hosting us, and to spectools for being the source of all this. no date on this one, so don't @ me about it. slay, stay tuned, read the source. 🦋✨💅

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