szap(1)

📦 version 1.1.1+rev1500, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🌸 szap — a lil' program to process channels.conf files 🌸

okay bestie, sit down, grab a snack 🍓 because we're about to talk about szap, the little cutie from the General Commands Manual section 1. she's not complicated, she's just particular. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

szap [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no positional args, just options, and the options are doing the most. 😭

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

this manual page documents briefly the szap commands. briefly!! because we're keeping it cute and concise, no cap.

szap is a program to process a channels.conf file. that's literally her whole job. she reads that file, she tunes that channel, she slays. 📺✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

okay here's the part where you take notes, fr fr. every single flag, no skipping, because i know you were about to skim. don't. 🙈

  • -n channel-number | channel_name — zap to channel via number or full name (case insensitive, so don't stress about your caps lock) 🎯
  • -q — list known channels. like a little roll call for your channel lineup 📋
  • -a number — use given adapter (default 0)
  • -f number — use given frontend (default 0)
  • -d number — use given demux (default 0)
  • -c file — read channels list from 'file' 📁
  • -b — enable Audio Bypass (default no)
  • -x — exit after tuning. she tunes, she leaves, no small talk 🚪💨
  • -H — human readable output. finally, something my brain can parse 🧠✨
  • -r — set up /dev/dvb/adapterX/dvr0 for TS recording 🎥
  • -l lnb-type (DVB-S Only) (use -l help to print types) or
  • -l low[,high[,switch]] in Mhz — the LNB situation. two ways to say it, pick your fighter 💫
  • -i — run interactively, allowing you to type in channel names. she's asking you now, main character energy ⌨️💜
  • -p — add pat and pmt to TS recording (implies -r) or -n numbers for zapping
heads up bestie: -p quietly drags -r along with it (it implies -r), so don't act surprised when your TS recording setup shows up uninvited. 👀

🎀 AUTHOR CREDIT 🎀

this manual page was written by Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@gmx.de>. give them their flowers, they earned them 💐

🦋 A LIL SIGN-OFF 🦋

and that's the whole page, bestie! this one's dated February 14, 2010 and lives in the szap(1) slot of the General Commands Manual. a true classic, still iconic, still processing that channels.conf file with zero complaints. periodt. 💖🌈✨

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