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/usr/bin/pw-dump

server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines

From pipewire 1.6.11-r2 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running pw-dump --help (exit 0). permalink

/usr/bin/pw-dump [options] [<id>]
  -h, --help                            Show this help
      --version                         Show version
  -r, --remote                          Remote daemon name
  -m, --monitor                         monitor changes
  -N, --no-colors                       disable color output
  -C, --color[=WHEN]                    whether to enable color support. WHEN is `never`, `always`, or `auto`
  -R, --raw                             force raw output
  -i, --indent                          indentation amount (default 2)
  -s, --spa                             SPA JSON output
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow this helphelp + man
--versionShow versionhelp
-r, --remote NAMEThe name of the remote instance to dump.help + man
-m, --monitorMonitor PipeWire state changes, and output JSON arrays describing changes.help + man
-N, --no-colorsDisable color output.help + man
-C, --color WHENwhether to enable color support.help + man
-R, --rawforce raw outputhelp
-i, --indentindentation amount (default 2)help
-s, --spaSPA JSON outputhelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.