MIDICAT(1)                  General Commands Manual                 MIDICAT(1)

NAME
     midicat - send to or receive from MIDI ports

SYNOPSIS
     midicat [-d] [-i file] [-o file] [-q port]

DESCRIPTION
     The midicat utility receives MIDI data from the given input MIDI port
     and/or sends it to the given output MIDI port.  The options are as
     follows:

     -d      Dump transferred data in hex on stderr.

     -i file
             Read MIDI data from this file instead of receiving it from the
             MIDI port.  If the option argument is `-' then standard input
             will be used.

     -o file
             Write MIDI data to this file instead of sending it to the MIDI
             port.  If the option argument is `-' then standard output will be
             used.

     -q port
             Use this sndio(7) MIDI port for input/output.  If the option is
             used twice, the first one specifies the input port and the second
             one the output port.

     If no files are specified, then midicat transfers data from the MIDI
     input port to the MIDI output port.

EXAMPLES
     Send the given file to rmidi/0:

           $ midicat -i file.syx -q rmidi/0

     Dump data received from rmidi/0 to stderr:

           $ midicat -d -q rmidi/0 -o /dev/null

     Send data from rmidi/0 to midithru/0:

           $ midicat -q rmidi/0 -q midithru/0

SEE ALSO
     midi(4), sndio(7), sndiod(8)

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