--- name: "owshell" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "ow-shell" version: "3.2p4+dfsg1-6" release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/owshell" --- # owshell(1) lightweight owserver access ## NAME owdir, owread, owwrite, owget, owexist, owpresent - lightweight owserver access ## SYNOPSIS ### Minimal options **owdir** *-s* \[host:\]port \[directory\]\ **owread** *-s* \[host:\]port filepath\ **owwrite** *-s* \[host:\]port filepath value\ **owget** *-s* \[host:\]port \[directory\] \| filepath\ ### Server discovery **owdir** *--autoserver* \[directory\]\ **owread** *--autoserver* filepath\ **owwrite** *--autoserver* filepath value\ **owget** *--autoserver* \[directory\] \| filepath\ ### Full options **owdir** *-q --quiet* *-f --format* f\[.\]i\[\[.\]c\] \] \[ *--dir* \] *-s* \[host:\]port \[directory\] \[directory2 ...\] **owread** *-q --quiet* *-C --celsius* *-K --kelvin* *-F --fahrenheit* *-R --rankine* \[ *--hex* \] \[ *--start=* offset \] \[ *--size=* bytes \] *-s* \[host:\]port filepath \[filepath2 ...\] **owwrite** *-q --quiet* *-C --celsius* *-K --kelvin* *-F --fahrenheit* *-R --rankine* \[ *--hex* \] \[ *--start=* offset \] *-s* \[host:\]port filepath value \[filepath2 value2 ...\] **owget** *-q --quiet* *-f --format* f\[.\]i\[\[.\]c\] *-C --celsius* *-K --kelvin* *-F --fahrenheit* *-R --rankine* \[ *--hex* \] \[ *--start=* offset \] \[ *--size=* bytes \] \[ *--dir* \] *-s* \[host:\]port \[directory\] \| filepath\ ### Version **owdir** *-V --version*\ **owread** *-V --version*\ **owwrite** *-V --version*\ **owget** *-V --version*\ ### Help **owdir** *-h \| --help*\ **owread** *-h \| --help*\ **owwrite** *-h \| --help*\ **owget** *-h \| --help*\ ## DESCRIPTION ### 1-Wire *1-wire* is a wiring protocol and series of devices designed and manufactured by Dallas Semiconductor, Inc. The bus is a low-power low-speed low-connector scheme where the data line can also provide power. Each device is uniquely and unalterably numbered during manufacture. There are a wide variety of devices, including memory, sensors (humidity, temperature, voltage, contact, current), switches, timers and data loggers. More complex devices (like thermocouple sensors) can be built with these basic devices. There are also 1-wire devices that have encryption included. The 1-wire scheme uses a single *bus master* and multiple *slaves* on the same wire. The bus master initiates all communication. The slaves can be individually discovered and addressed using their unique ID. Bus masters come in a variety of configurations including serial, parallel, i2c, network or USB adapters. ### OWFS design *OWFS* is a suite of programs that designed to make the 1-wire bus and its devices easily accessible. The underlying principle is to create a virtual filesystem, with the unique ID being the directory, and the individual properties of the device are represented as simple files that can be read and written. Details of the individual slave or master design are hidden behind a consistent interface. The goal is to provide an easy set of tools for a software designer to create monitoring or control applications. There are some performance enhancements in the implementation, including data caching, parallel access to bus masters, and aggregation of device communication. Still the fundamental goal has been ease of use, flexibility and correctness rather than speed. ### OWSHELL programs **owdir owread owwrite** and **owget** are collectively called the **owshell** programs. They allow lightweight access to an **owserver (1)** for use in command line scripts. Unlike **owserver (1) owhttpd (1) owftpd (1) owhttpd (1)** there is not persistent connection with the 1-wire bus, no caching and no multithreading. Instead, each program connects to a running **owserver (1)** and performs a quick set of queries. **owserver (1)** performs the actual 1-wire connection (to physical 1-wire buses or other **owserver** programs), performs concurrency locking, caching, and error collection. **owshell** programs are intended for use in command line scripts. An alternative approach is to mount an **owfs (1)** filesystem and perform direct file lists, reads and writes. ### owdir **owdir** performs a *directory* listing. With no argument, all the devices on the main 1-wire bus will be listed. Given the name of a 1-wire device, the available properties will be listed. It is the equivalent of - *ls directory* in the **owfs (1)** filesystem. ### owread **owread** obtains for value of a 1-wire device property. e.g. 28.0080BE21AA00/temperature gives the DS18B20 temperature. It is the equivalent of - *cat filepath* in the **owfs (1)** filesystem. ### owwrite **owwrite** performs a change of a property, changing a 1-wire device setting or writing to memory. It is the equivalent of - *echo value \> filepath* in the **owfs (1)** filesystem. ### owget **owget (1)** is a convenience program, combining the function of **owdir (1)** and **owread (1)** by first trying to read the argument as a directory, and if that fails as a 1-wire property. ## STANDARD OPTIONS ### --autoserver Find an *owserver* using the Service Discovery protocol. Essentially Apple's Bonjour (aka zeroconf). Only the first *owserver* will be used, and that choice is probably arbitrary. ### -s \[host:\]port Connect via tcp (network) to an *owserver* process that is connected to a physical 1-wire bus. This allows multiple processes to share the same bus. The *owserver* process can be local or remote. If the server option is not specified, the default is the local machine and the IANA allocated default port of 4304. Thus "-s localhost:4304" is the equivalent. ## DATA OPTIONS ## --hex Hexadecimal mode. For reading data, each byte of character will be displayed as two characrters 0-9ABCDEF. Most useful for reading memory locations. No spaces between data. Writing data in hexadecimal mode just means that the data should be given as one long hexadecimal string. ## --start=offset Read or write memory locations starting at the offset byte rather than the beginning. An offset of 0 means the beginning (and is the default). ## --size=bytes Read up to the specified number of bytes of a memory location. ## HELP OPTIONS ### -h --help Shows (this) basic summary of options. ### -V --version *Version* of this program. ## DISPLAY OPTIONS ### --dir Modify the display of directories to indicate which entries are also directories. A directory member will have a trailing '/' if it is a directory itself. This aids recursive searches. ### -f --format f\[.\]i\[\[.\]c\] Display format for the 1-wire devices. Each device has a 8 byte address, consisting of: - *f* family code, 1 byte - *i* ID number, 6 bytes - *c* CRC checksum, 1 byte Possible formats are *f.i* (default, 01.A1B2C3D4E5F6), *fi fic f.ic f.i.c* and *fi.c* All formats are accepted as input, but the output will be in the specified format. ## EXAMPLE - owdir -s 3000 --format fic Get the device listing (full 16 hex digits, no dots) from the local *owserver* at port 3000 - owread -F --autoserver 51.125499A32000/typeK/temperature Read temperature from the DS2751-based thermocouple on an auto-discovered *owserver* Temperature in fahrenheit. - owwrite -s 10.0.1.2:3001 32.000800AD23110/pages/page.1 "Passed" Connect to a OWFS server process ( *owserver* ) that was started on another machine at tcp port 3001 and write to the memory of a DS2780 ## SEE ALSO ### Programs **owfs (1) owhttpd (1) owftpd (1) owserver (1)** **owdir (1) owread (1) owwrite (1) owpresent (1)** **owtap (1)** ### Configuration and testing **owfs (5) owtap (1) owmon (1)** ### Language bindings **owtcl (3) owperl (3) owcapi (3)** ### Clocks **DS1427 (3) [DS1904(3)](/DS1904/3.md) DS1994 (3) DS2404 (3) DS2404S (3) DS2415 (3) DS2417 (3)** ### ID **DS2401 (3) DS2411 (3) DS1990A (3)** ### Memory **DS1982 (3) DS1985 (3) DS1986 (3) DS1991 (3) DS1992 (3) DS1993 (3) DS1995 (3) DS1996 (3) DS2430A (3) DS2431 (3) DS2433 (3) DS2502 (3) DS2506 (3) DS28E04 (3) DS28EC20 (3)** ### Switches **DS2405 (3) DS2406 (3) DS2408 (3) DS2409 (3) DS2413 (3) DS28EA00 (3)** ### Temperature **DS1822 (3) DS1825 (3) DS1820 (3) DS18B20 (3) DS18S20 (3) DS1920 (3) DS1921 (3) DS1821 (3) DS28EA00 (3) DS28E04 (3)** ### Humidity **DS1922 (3)** ### Voltage **DS2450 (3)** ### Resistance **DS2890 (3)** ### Multifunction (current, voltage, temperature) **DS2436 (3) DS2437 (3) DS2438 (3) DS2751 (3) DS2755 (3) DS2756 (3) DS2760 (3) DS2770 (3) DS2780 (3) DS2781 (3) DS2788 (3) DS2784 (3)** ### Counter **DS2423 (3)** ### LCD Screen **LCD (3) DS2408 (3)** ### Crypto **DS1977 (3)** ### Pressure **DS2406 (3) -- TAI8570** ## AVAILABILITY http://www.owfs.org ## AUTHOR Paul Alfille (paul.alfille@gmail.com)