acpi_listen

acpi_listen [ options ]

acpid is the system-wide ACPI event catcher. acpi_listen is a simple shell-friendly tool which connects to acpid and listens for events. When an event occurs, acpi_listen will print it on stdout.

-c,--countevents Receive up to a maximum number of ACPI events, then exit.

-s,--socketfilefilename This option changes the name of the UNIX domain socket which acpid opens. Default is /var/run/acpid.socket .

-t,--timeseconds Listen for the specified time in seconds, before exiting.

-v,--version Print version information and exit.

-h,--help Show help and exit.

0 /var/run/acpid.socket

There are no known bugs. To file bug reports, see AUTHORS below.

Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)
Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>
Luca Capello <luca@pca.it>

acpid(8)