debian man page for rfkill

RFKILL(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 RFKILL(8)

NAME
       rfkill - tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices

SYNOPSIS
       rfkill [options] command

OPTIONS
       --version
	      Show the version of rfkill.

COMMANDS
       help   Show rfkill's built-in help text.

       event  Listen for rfkill events and display them on stdout.

       list [type]
	      List the current state of all available rfkill-using devices, or just all of the given type.

       block index|type
	      Disable  the  device  corresponding  to the given index.	type is one of "all", "wifi", "wlan", "bluetooth", "uwb", "ultrawideband",
	      "wimax", "wwan", "gps" or "fm".

       unblock index|type
	      Enable the device corresponding to the given index. If the device is hard-blocked, e.g.  via  a  hardware  switch,  it  will  remain
	      unavailable though it is now soft-unblocked.

AUTHORS
       rfkill was originally written by Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> and Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>.

       This manual page was written by Darren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

								   July 10, 2009							 RFKILL(8)