---
name: "opensipsunix"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "opensips"
version: "2.2.2-3"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/opensipsunix"
---

# opensipsunix(8)

opensips UNIX socket wrapper

## NAME

opensipsunix - opensips UNIX socket wrapper

## SYNOPSIS

**opensipsunix** **path\_to\_socket**

## DESCRIPTION

**opensipsunix** is a wrapper for sending external commands **to OpenSIPS server** via UNIX sockets interface.\
 This is a binary alternative to the textual FIFO interface.

**opensipsunix** reads from standard input one **OpenSIPS** command along with its parameters (if any) and prints the response  to standard output.

## PARAMETERS

- **path\_to\_socket**

  full path of the UNIX socket file used by OpenSIPS to receive the external commands

## EXAMPLES

An OpenSIPS commands consists in one ore more lines: first contains the command name enclosed between ":", the following lines containing the  command parameters, one per line.

echo ":uptime:" \| opensipsunix /tmp/opensips.sock

## AUTHORS

see  **/usr/share/doc/opensipsAUTHORS**

## SEE ALSO

**[opensips(8)](/opensips/8.md),**[opensips.cfg(5)](/opensips.cfg/5.md),**[opensipsctl(8)](/opensipsctl/8.md)**

Full documentation on opensips is available at *http://www.opensips.org/.*

Mailing lists:

```
users@opensips.org - opensips user community
devel@opensips.org - opensips development, new features and unstable version
```