THINGSCTL(8)

NAME
thingsctl - control the thingsd daemon

SYNOPSIS
thingsctl [-s socket] command [argument ...]

DESCRIPTION
The thingsctl program controls the thingsd(8) daemon.

The following options are available:

-s socket
    Use socket instead of the default /var/run/thingsd.sock to communicate with thingsd(8).

The following commands are available:

list clients
    Show all clients connected to things.

list sockets
    Show a summary of all sockets being used by the thingsd daemon.

list things
    Show all things. This will not list non-persistent things.

log brief
    Disable verbose logging.

log verbose
    Enable verbose logging.

log debug
    Enable very noisy debug logging.

kill string
    Disconnect a subscribed client from thingsd by client name.

show string
    View string version of a thing's packets by its name. Showing packets blocks all other calls. A thing could be sending binary data! Use at your own risk.

FILES
/var/run/thingsd.sock
    UNIX-domain socket used for communication with thingsd(8).

SEE ALSO
thingsd.conf(5), thingsd(8)

HISTORY
The thingsctl program first appeared in OpenBSD 6.5.