---
name: "grl-launch-0.3"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "grilo"
version: "0.3.19-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/grl-launch-0.3"
---

# grl-launch-0.3(1)

run Grilo operations from the command line

## NAME

grl-launch - run Grilo operations from the command line

## SYNOPSIS

**grl-launch** \[*OPTIONS*\] OPERATION PARAMETERS

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **grl-launch** command.

**grl-launch** is a tool that allows the user to run Grilo operations from the command line.

## OPERATIONS

- **browse** *\<source\>\|\<media box\>*

  - **may\_resolve** *\<key\> \<source\>\|\<media box\> \[\<source\>\]*

  - **query** *\<expression\> \<source\>*

  - **resolve** *\<source\>\|\<media\> \[\<source\>\]*

  - **search** *\<term\> \<source\>*

  - **monitor** *\<source\>*

  - **test\_media\_from\_uri** *\<uri\> \[\<source\>\]*

  - **media\_from\_uri** *\<uri\> \<source\>*

  ## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of grl-launch options.

- **--help-grl**

  Show summary of Grilo options.

- **--help-all**

  Show summary of all options.

- **-C, --config**

  Configuration file to send to sources

- **-c, --count**

  Number of elements to return

- **-d, --delay**

  Wait some seconds before performing the operation (default 1 second)

- **-f, --flags=full\|fast\_only\|idle\_relay**

  List of comma-separated flags to use

- **-F, --full**

  Full serialize

- **-k, --keys**

  List of comma-separated keys to retrieve

- **-S, --serialize**

  Serialize

- **-s, --skip**

  Number of elements to skip

- **-T, --titles**

  Print column titles (useful for CSV spreadsheets)

- **-V, --version**

  Print version

## EXAMPLES

Print the ID for all the items searched in the Tracker source:

```
grl-launch-0.3 search "" -S grl-tracker-source
```

- Print the ID and title for the items in the Apple Trailers source:

  ```
grl-launch-0.3 -k id,title browse grl-appletrailers-lua
```

- Print the title for the videos indexed by Tracker:

  ```
grl-launch-0.3 -S browse -k title grlcontainer://grl-tracker-source/videos
```

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Alberto Garcia \<berto@igalia.com\>.