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/usr/bin/owexist

OWFS — the one-wire filesystem

From owfs 3.2.4-r10 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running owexist --help (exit 0). permalink

1-wire access programs
By Paul H Alfille and others. See http://www.owfs.org

Command line access to owserver process

Syntax: owdir     [Options] -s Server DirPath
Syntax: owread    [Options] -s Server ReadPath
Syntax: owwrite   [Options] -s Server WritePath WriteVal
Syntax: owpresent [Options] -s Server Path

Server is an owserver net address (port number or ipaddress:port)

Path is in OWFS format e.g. 10.2301A3008000/temperature
  more than one path (or path/value pair for owwrite) can be given
  each is processed in turn

Options include:
     --autoserver                |Use Bonjour (zeroconf) to find owserver
  -C --Celsius                   |Celsius(default) temperature scale
  -F --Fahrenheit                |Fahrenheit temperature scale
  -K --Kelvin                    |Kelvin temperature scale
  -R --Rankine                   |Rankine temperature scale
  -f --format                    |format for 1-wire unique serial IDs display
                                 |  f[.]i[[.]c] f-amily i-d c-rc (all in hex)
     --hex                       |data in hexadecimal format
     --size                      |size of data in bytes
     --offset                    |start of read/write in field
     --dir                       |add a trailing '/' for directories
  -V --version                   |Program version
  -q --quiet                     |suppress error messages
  -h --help                      |Basic help page
Options (13)
OptionDescriptionSource
--autoserver|Use Bonjour (zeroconf) to find owserverhelp
-C --Celsius|Celsius(default) temperature scalehelp
-F --Fahrenheit|Fahrenheit temperature scalehelp
-K --Kelvin|Kelvin temperature scalehelp
-R --Rankine|Rankine temperature scalehelp
-f --format|format for 1-wire unique serial IDs display | f[.]i[[.]c] f-amily i-d c-rc (all in hex)help
--hex|data in hexadecimal formathelp
--size|size of data in byteshelp
--offset|start of read/write in fieldhelp
--dir|add a trailing '/' for directorieshelp
-V --version|Program versionhelp
-q --quiet|suppress error messageshelp
-h --help|Basic help pagehelp

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