pw-cli - The PipeWire Command Line Interface
Interact with a PipeWire instance.
When a command is given, pw-cli will execute the command
and exit
When no command is given, pw-cli starts an interactive
session with the default PipeWire instance pipewire-0.
Connections to other, remote instances can be made. The current
instance name is displayed at the prompt. Some commands operate on the
current instance and some on the local instance.
Use the 'help' command to list the available commands.
- help
- Show a quick help on the commands available.
- quit
- Exit from pw-cli
Modules are loaded and unloaded in the local instance and can add functionality or objects to the local instance.
- load-module name [arguments...]
- Load a module specified by its name and arguments. For most modules it is
OK to be loaded more than once.
This command returns a module variable that can be used to
unload the module.
- unload-module module-var
- Unload a module, specified either by its variable.
- list-objects
- List the objects of the current instance.
Objects are listed with their id, type and
version.
- info id | all
- Get information about a specific object or all objects.
Requesting info about an object will also notify you of
changes.
- connect [remote-name]
- Connect to a remote instance and make this the new current instance.
If no remote name is specified, a connection is made to the
default remote instance, usually pipewire-0.
This command returns a remote var that can be used to
disconnect or switch remotes.
- disconnect [remote-var]
- Disconnect from a remote instance.
If no remote name is specified, the current instance is
disconnected.
- list-remotes
- List all remote instances.
- switch-remote [remote-var]
- Make the specified remote the current instance.
If no remote name is specified, the local instance is made
current.
- create-node factory-name [properties...]
- Create a node from a factory in the current instance.
Properties are key=value pairs separated by whitespace.
This command returns a node variable.
- destroy-node node-var
- Destroy a node.
- export-node node-id [remote-var]
- Export a node from the local instance to the specified instance. When no
instance is specified, the node will be exported to the current
instance.
- create-link node-id port-id node-id port-id
[properties...]
- Create a link between 2 nodes and ports.
Port ids can be -1 to automatically select an
available port.
Properties are key=value pairs separated by whitespace.
This command returns a link variable.
- destroy-link link-var
- Destroy a link.
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