fldigi-shell1
Program for controlling fldigi
Usage
fldigi-shell [OPTIONS]
[FILE]
Overview
The fldigi-shell program controls fldigi(1) over HTTP via XML-encoded remote procedure calls (XML-RPC). It can call any XML-RPC method exported by fldigi, and also defines some useful commands of its own.
Options
-
-d -
Enable debug output.
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-u URL -
Use URL to access the server. Defaults to “http://localhost:7362/RPC2”, which corresponds to fldigi’s default listen address and port.
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-c COMMAND -
Execute command COMMAND and exit.
Commands
Note
The “x:yz” notation refers to the return type and argument type(s). They are: “n” (nil), “i” (integer), and “s” (string).
debug (n:n:)
Toggle debug output.
eval (s:s)
Evaluate Perl code.
exit (n:n)
Exit the shell.
help (n:n)
Print help for server (fldigi) methods and shell commands.
history (s:n)
Print command history.
modems (s:n)
List all modem names.
poll (s:i)
Poll for new received text every i seconds. Defaults to 1.
pskrqsy (n:si)
QSY to ith best frequency for grid s. The list of frequencies is retrieved from the PSK Reporter website; see RESOURCES. The grid square string may be left empty, and the index argument defaults to 0 (first frequency).
recvtext (s:n)
Get all received text.
reinit (n:n)
Fetch commands from the server and rebuild command list.
send (n:s)
Send text interactively, one line at a time.
sendchar (n:s)
Send text interactively, one character at a time.
sendfile (n:s)
Send text read from file s.
sendstr (n:s)
Send string s.
source (n:s)
Read commands from file s.
time (s:s)
Time a command.
wait (n:s)
Wait for server TRX state to become s.
Extended description
The shell has three modes of operation:
1. Interactive mode with history, tab completion and command line editing. This is the default mode when fldigi-shell is run without arguments.
2. Batch mode for a single command with the -c option.
3. Batch mode to “source” a file containing Perl code. Fldigi-shell commands can be called using “execute("COMMAND [ARG ...]")” calls.
Files
$HOME/.fldigi/shell-history
Contains the fldigi-shell command history.
Examples
while :; do fldigi-shell -c pskrqsy; sleep 900; done
Change to the “best frequency” (see PSK Reporter) every fifteen minutes.
Resources
Fldigi web site: http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html
The PSK Automatic Propagation Reporter site can be found at http://www.pskreporter.info/
The GNU Readline Library: http://directory.fsf.org/project/readline/
XML-RPC home page: http://www.xmlrpc.com/
Copying
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later.
Releases
3 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 2 times.
-c since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-d since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-u since Debian 7 (Wheezy).