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GPIOCLI
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:Date: June 2026

NAME
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gpiocli - request

DESCRIPTION
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Usage:
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   gpiocli request [OPTION?] <line1>[=value1] [line2[=value2]] ...

Request a set of GPIO lines for exclusive usage by the gpio-manager.

Help Options:
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**-h**, **--help**
   Show help options

Application Options:
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**-c**, **--chip=**\ <chip name>
   Explicitly specify the chip_name on which to resolve the lines which allows to use raw offsets instead of line names.

**--consumer=**\ <consumer name>
   Consumer string (defaults to program name)

**--input**
   Set direction to input.

**--output**
   Set direction to output.

**--rising-edge**
   Monitor rising edges.

**--falling-edge**
   Monitor falling edges.

**--both-edges**
   Monitor rising and falling edges.

**--push-pull**
   Drive the line in push-pull mode.

**--open-drain**
   Drive the line in open-drain mode.

**--open-source**
   Drive the line in open-source mode.

**--pull-up**
   Enable internal pull-up bias.

**--pull-down**
   Enable internal pull-down bias.

**--bias-disabled**
   Disable internal pull-up/down bias.

**--active-low**
   Treat the lines as active low.

**--debounce-period=**\ <period in miliseconds>
   Enable debouncing and set the period

**--clock-monotonic**
   Use monotonic clock for edge event timestamps

**--clock-realtime**
   Use realtime clock for edge event timestamps

**--clock-hte**
   Use HTE clock (if available) for edge event timestamps

D-Bus API version: 1

AUTHOR
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Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org>

REPORTING BUGS
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Report bugs to: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org> linux-gpio <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>