pw-mon(1) General Commands Manual pw-mon(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

pw-mon - The PipeWire monitor

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**pw-mon** \[*options*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Monitor objects on the PipeWire instance.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**-r | --remote=NAME**

The name the *remote* instance to monitor. If left unspecified, a connection is made to the default PipeWire instance.

**-h | --help**

Show help.

**--version**

Show version information.

**-N | --color=WHEN**

Whether to use color, one of 'never', 'always', or 'auto'. The default is 'auto'. **-N** is equivalent to **--color=never**.

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

The PipeWire Developers <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>; PipeWire is available from <https://pipewire.org>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**pipewire(1)**](/man/os/pipewire/pipewire.1)

1.6.11 PipeWire

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Document: pw-mon(1) from pipewire 1.6.11-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire