11-14-2019
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3. What is on Your Mind?
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4. What is on Your Mind?
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5. What is on Your Mind?
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https://www.unix.com/trivia_stats.php
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br(1) General Commands Manual br(1)
NAME
br - utility to interact with Firecracker device
SYNOPSIS
br [options] [housecode[list]] [native command] ...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the br command. br is a program that interacts with X10's Firecracker device allowing the user to
manipulate X10 devices throughout their house/office.
OPTIONS
The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options are included
below.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-v, --verbose
Each -v will increase the verbosity.
-x, --port=PORT
Set port to communicate with (should be the port the Firecracker module is plugged into)
-c, --house=[A-P]
Use alternate house code for operations, default is A
-n, --on=LIST
Turn on all devices in LIST
-f, --off=LIST
Turn off all devices in LIST
-N, --ON
Turn on all devices in housecode
-F, --OFF
Turn off all devices in housecode
-d, --dim=LEVEL[,LIST]
Dim devices in housecode [or LIST] to relative LEVEL
-B, --lamps_on
Turn on all lamps in housecode
-D, --lamps_off
Turn off all lamps in housecode
-r, --repeat=NUM
Repeat commands NUM times (0 = ~forever)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Ashley Clark <aclark@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
Ashley Clark br(1)