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amidi
amidi [options]
Read and write raw MIDI files (
Options
Record and send active-sensing (FEh) bytes in MIDI commands. By default, these bytes are ignored.
Output all received data directly to the screen.
Display help information and quit.
List all hardware MIDI ports.
List all RawMIDI definitions. Useful for debugging configuration files.
Use the specified port. This overrides the port set in the configuration file. If neither this flag nor the configuration file sets a port, the default is port 0 on device 0, which may or may not exist.
Write data from the port specified with the -p or --port flag to the file named here. This will be a raw file, and should end in .syx. Unless you use the -a option, it will not contain any Active Sensing (FEh) bytes.
Send the file to the port specified with the -p or --port flag. Use raw (.syx) MIDI files only.
Send a string of hexadecimal numbers to the port specified with the -p or --port flag.
Stop listening after n seconds of receiving no data.
Display version information and quit.
