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.TH RFKILL 8 "July 10, 2009"
.SH NAME
rfkill \- tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rfkill
.RI [ options ] " command"
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-\-version
Show the version of rfkill.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP
.B help
Show rfkill's built-in help text.
.TP
.B event
Listen for rfkill events and display them on stdout.
.TP
.B list [type]
List the current state of all available rfkill-using devices,
or just all of the given type.
.TP
.BI block " index|type"
Disable the device corresponding to the given index.
\fItype\fR is one of "all", "wifi", "wlan", "bluetooth", "uwb",
"ultrawideband", "wimax", "wwan", "gps" or "fm".
.TP
.BI unblock " index|type"
Enable the device corresponding to the given index. If the device is
hard-blocked, e.g. via a hardware switch, it will remain unavailable though
it is now soft-unblocked.
.SH AUTHORS
rfkill was originally written by Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
and Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Darren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>,
for the Debian project (and may be used by others).