qdbus

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Inter-Process Communication (IPC) and Remote Procedure Calling (RPC) mechanism originally developed for Linux.

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Examples (8)

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"

Gracefully log out and then do nothing, reboot, or shut down

qdbus org.kde.Shutdown /Shutdown logout|logoutAndReboot|logoutAndShutdown

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