btmgmt(1)

Name
btmgmt - interactive bluetooth management tool

SYNOPSIS

btmgmt [--options] [commands]

DESCRIPTION

btmgmt(1) interactive bluetooth management tool. The tool issues commands to the Kernel using the Bluetooth Management socket, some commands may require net-admin capability in order to work since the Bluetooth Management interface is considered a low-level interface meant for the likes of bluetoothd(8), it is not recommended for applications to use it directly as it may result in unexpected behavior.

OPTIONS

-i/--index
    Specify adapter index

-m-/-monitor
    Enable monitor output

-t/--timeout
    Timeout in seconds for non-interactive mode

-v/--version
    Display version

-i/--init-script
    Init script file

-h/--help
    Display help

COMMANDS

main
    See bluetoothctl-mgmt(1)

monitor
    See bluetoothctl-monitor(1)

AUTOMATION

Two common ways to automate the tool are to pass the commands directly like in the follow example:

    btmgmt <<EOF
    list
    show
    EOF

Or create a script and pass it as init-script:

    $ vi test-script.bt
    list
    show
    quit
    :wq
    $ btmgmt --init-script=test-script

RESOURCES

<http://www.bluez.org>

REPORTING BUGS

<linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org>

Copyright
Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licenses (LGPL).