qdbus
Inter-Process Communication (IPC) and Remote Procedure Calling (RPC) mechanism originally developed for Linux. More information: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtdbus-index.html.
- List available service names:
qdbus
- List object paths for a specific service:
qdbus {{service_name}}
- List methods, signals and properties available on a specific object:
qdbus {{service_name}} {{/path/to/object}}
- Execute a specific method passing arguments and display the returned value:
qdbus {{service_name}} {{/path/to/object}} {{method_name}} {{argument1}} {{argument2}}
- Display the current brightness value in a KDE Plasma session:
qdbus {{org.kde.Solid.PowerManagement}} {{/org/kde/Solid/PowerManagement/Actions/BrightnessControl}} {{org.kde.Solid.PowerManagement.Actions.BrightnessControl.brightness}}
- Set a specific brightness to a KDE Plasma session:
qdbus {{org.kde.Solid.PowerManagement}} {{/org/kde/Solid/PowerManagement/Actions/BrightnessControl}} {{org.kde.Solid.PowerManagement.Actions.BrightnessControl.setBrightness}} {{5000}}
- Invoke volume up shortcut in a KDE Plasma session:
qdbus {{org.kde.kglobalaccel}} {{/component/kmix}} {{invokeShortcut}} "{{increase_volume}}"
- Display help:
qdbus --help
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