lsfirewire(8)

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version 0.5.1 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 lsfirewire(8) — the FireWire tea 💖

okay bestie, welcome to lsfirewire, part of the linux-firewire-utils era ✨ it's a manual page, it's a mood, and it's literally about to tell you what's plugged into your FireWire world 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

lsfirewire — list FireWire devices 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lsfirewire [options]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the lsfirewire utility displays information about all FireWire devices — and when we say all, we mean all: the system's FireWire controllers and the devices connected to them 👑 it's giving "who's in the group chat" energy, except the group chat is your FireWire bus 🔥

🫶 OPTIONS 🫶

  • -v, --verbose — be more verbose, bestie 💬 it displays detailed information about the devices. yes it's the "tell me everything, no filter" flag 🌈
  • --help — print a summary of the command-line options and exit 🧚 super chill, zero commitment.
  • --version — print the version number of lsfirewire on the standard output and exit ⭐ iconic little flex, honestly.

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /sys/bus/firewire/devices/* — this is where the magic lives, iykyk 💜

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? not the vibe, but okay — report bugs to <"linux1394-devel@sourceforge.net"> 📧

the "linux-firewire-utils" home page is right here, no cap: <"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/ieee1394/linux-firewire-utils.git/"> 🔗

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

firewire-request(8), lsfirewirephy(8) — go read those too, they're the supporting cast and they ate 💖

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's from the linux-firewire-utils collection and it's dated 14 Mar 2011 — vintage, but still slaying 🎀💅 mwah, go list some FireWire devices ✨

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