---
name: "wpa_cli"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wpasupplicant"
version: "0.3.8-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wpa_cli"
---

# wpa\_cli(1)

WPA command line client

## NAME

wpa\_cli - WPA command line client

## SYNOPSIS

**wpa\_cli** *\[-p\<path\>\] \[-i\<ifname\>\] \[-hv\] \[command\]*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **wpa\_cli** utility.

## OPTIONS

A summary of commands follows. For a complete description, run **wpa\_cli** -h from the command line.

- **-p\<path\>**

  Path to find control sockets.

- **-i\<ifname\>**

  Interface to listen on.

- **-h**

  Help.

- **-v**

  Version information.

## SEE ALSO

[wpa\_supplicant(1)](/wpa_supplicant/1.md), [wpa\_passphrase(1)](/wpa_passphrase/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Kyle McMartin \<kyle@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others).