SYNOPSIS
- fm [ -h ] [ -o ] [ -q ] [ -d device ] [ -t tuner ] [ -T none | forever | time ] on | off | + | - | freq [ volume ]
DESCRIPTION
fmOPTIONS
- -h
- Print a usage message to standard output, and exit.
- -o
- Ignore frequency range limits of card. Use if you suspect that the card supports a wider frequency range than its driver believes.
- -q
- Quiet mode. Keeps information on station and volume from being printed on standard output.
- -d device
- Sets device
as the device to tune. The default is /dev/radio0.- -t tuner
- Sets tuner
as the tuner on the selected device to adjust. The default is tuner 0. Most radio devices have only a single tuner.- -T none | forever | time
- After tuning, sleep for the time specified or forever. Time is specified in seconds by default. A suffix of
m indicates minutes, h indicates hours, or d indicates days. - The -T option is useful with radio card drivers that only maintain the tuner settings while the tuner's file descriptor remains open. Try using this option if running fm ordinarily produces only a single "pop" from your speakers.
- freq
- Frequency to tune the radio to, in MHz. For instance, 88.9 specifies a frequency of 88.9 MHz. AM tuner values are also specified in MHz; for instance, 530 kHz would be specified as .530.
- on
- Turn the radio on (unmute).
- off
- Turn the radio off (mute).
- volume
- Specify the desired volume, in percent. Not all radio devices support volume control.
- +
- Increase the current volume.
- -
- Decrease the current volume.
CONFIGURATION
fm reads $HOME/.fmrc, if it exists, to obtain default settings. Each line may take one of the following forms:- VOL percent
- Specifies default volume (default: 12.5%).
- INCR percent
- Volume increment used for + and - options (default: 10%).
- TIME
- Default sleep time (default: none).
All other lines are ignored.
AUTHORS
Russell Kroll <[email protected]>, now maintained by Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>. Sleep time feature contributed by Dave Ulrick <[email protected]>. This manpage written by Ben Pfaff.