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38.Dd July 12, 1998
39.Dt USBHIDCTL 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm usbhidctl
43.Nd manipulate USB HID devices
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Op Fl a
47.Fl f Ar device
48.Op Fl l
49.Op Fl n
50.Op Fl r
51.Op Fl t Ar table
52.Op Fl v
53.Op Ar item ...
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57utility can be used to dump the state of a USB HID (Human Interface Device).
58Each named
59.Ar item
60is printed.
61.Pp
62The options are as follows:
63.Bl -tag -width Ds
64.It Fl a
65Show all items.
66.It Fl f Ar device
67Specify a path name for the device to operate on.
68.It Fl l
69Loop and dump the device data every time it changes.
70.It Fl n
71Suppress printing of the item name.
72.It Fl r
73Dump the report descriptor.
74.It Fl t Ar table
75Specify a path name for the HID usage table file.
76.It Fl v
77Be verbose.
78.El
79.Sh FILES
80.Pa /usr/share/misc/usb_hid_usages
81The default HID usage table.
82.Sh BUGS
83The
84.Nm
85utility cannot show nor set output and feature items.
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr usbhid 3 ,
88.Xr uhid 4 ,
89.Xr usb 4
90.Sh HISTORY
91The
92.Nm
93command appeared in
94.Nx 1.4 .
95