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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man8/iwgetid.8 b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man8/iwgetid.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4d4090a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man8/iwgetid.8 @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +.\" Guus Sliepen - 2001 +.\" Completed and fixed up by Jean Tourrilhes - 2002-2003 +.\" iwgetid.8 +.\" +.TH IWGETID 8 "02 December 2003" "wireless-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.\" NAME part +.\" +.SH NAME +iwgetid \- Report ESSID, NWID or AP/Cell Address of wireless network +.\" +.\" SYNOPSIS part +.\" +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BI "iwgetid " [interface] " [--raw] [--scheme] [--ap] [--freq]" +.br +.BI " [--mode] [--protocol] [--channel] +.br +.\" +.\" DESCRIPTION part +.\" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B iwgetid +is used to find out the NWID, ESSID or AP/Cell Address of the wireless +network that is currently used. The information reported is the same +as the one shown by +.BR iwconfig ", but " iwgetid +is easier to integrate in various scripts. +.br +By default, +.B iwgetid +will print the +.I ESSID +of the device, and if the device doesn't have any ESSID it will print +its +.IR NWID . +.br +The default formatting output is pretty-print. +.\" +.\" OPTIONS part +.\" +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B --raw +This option disables pretty-printing of the information. This option +is orthogonal to the other options (except +.BR --scheme ), +so with the appropriate combination of options you can print the raw +ESSID, AP Address or Mode. +.br +This format is ideal when storing the result of iwgetid as a +variable in +.I Shell +or +.I Perl +scripts or to pass the result as an argument on the command line of +.BR iwconfig . +.TP +.B --scheme +This option is similar to the previous one, it disables +pretty-printing of the information and removes all characters that are +not alphanumerics (like space, punctuation and control characters). +.br +The resulting output is a valid Pcmcia scheme identifier (that may be +used as an argument of the command +.BR "cardctl scheme" ). +This format is also ideal when using the result of iwgetid as a +selector in +.I Shell +or +.I Perl +scripts, or as a file name. +.TP +.B --ap +Display the MAC address of the Wireless +.I Access Point +or the +.IR Cell . +.TP +.B --freq +Display the current +.I frequency +or +.I channel +used by the interface. +.TP +.B --channel +Display the current +.I channel +used by the interface. The channel is determined using the current +frequency and the frequency list provided by the interface. +.TP +.B --mode +Display the current +.I mode +of the interface. +.TP +.B --protocol +Display the +.I protocol name +of the interface. This allows to identify all the cards that are +compatible with each other and accept the same type of configuration. +.br +This can also be used to +.I check Wireless Extension support +on the interface, as this is the only attribute that all drivers +supporting Wireless Extension are mandated to support. +.\" +.\" SEE ALSO part +.\" +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR iwconfig (8), +.BR ifconfig (8), +.BR iwspy (8), +.BR iwpriv (8). |