---
name: "linphonecsh"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "linphone-cli"
version: "5.3.105-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/linphonecsh"
---

# linphonecsh(1)

Sends a command to a linphonec running in daemon mode, and exits.

## NAME

linphonecsh - Sends a command to a linphonec running in daemon mode, and exits.

## SYNTAX

linphonecsh *init*  \<*optional linphonec args*\> \
 linphonecsh *exit*\
 linphonecsh *generic*  \<*linphonec command line surrounded by quotes*\>\
 linphonecsh *register*  *--username* \<*username*\> *--host* \<*proxy*\> *--password* \<*password*\>\
 linphonecsh *unregister*\
 linphonecsh *dial* \<*sip address or number*\>\
 linphonecsh *status* \<*domain = one of 'register', 'hook', 'autoanswer'*\>\
 linphonecsh *--help*

## DESCRIPTION

Linphonecsh is a small utility to send basic commands to a linphonec (console mode linphone) process. Unlike linphonec, linphonecsh does not wait commands from standard input: it takes the command from its arguments  and sends it using unix pipe to a linphonec process started in daemon mode. The motivation for this tool is for example to simply execute voip calls from scripts, web-servers, or javascript web pages.\

The very first thing to do before doing actions is to ask linphonecsh to spawn a linphonec daemon using

- **linphonecsh init**

  The resulting linphonec daemon does not read or write any configuration file.

  When the linphonec daemon is no more needed, the following commands makes it exit properly:

- **linphonecsh exit**

  ## FILES

By default a linphonec started as a daemon by 'linphonecsh init' does not use a config file.\

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

## EXAMPLES

## AUTHORS

Simon Morlat \<simon.morlat at linphone.org\>

## SEE ALSO

[linphonec(1)](/linphonec/1.md) [linphone(1)](/linphone/1.md)