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GPIOSET(1) gpioset GPIOSET(1)

gpioset - libgpiod command-line utility

gpioset [OPTIONS] <line=value>...

Set values of GPIO lines.

Lines are specified by name, or optionally by offset if the chip option is provided. Values may be '1' or '0', or equivalently 'active'/'inactive' or 'on'/'off'.

The line output state is maintained until the process exits, but after that is not guaranteed.

display a banner on successful startup
specify the line bias Possible values: 'pull-down', 'pull-up', 'disabled'. (default is to leave bias unchanged)
treat lines as names even if they would parse as an offset
restrict scope to a particular chip

-C, --consumer <name> consumer name applied to requested lines (default is 'gpioset')

specify the line drive mode Possible values: 'push-pull', 'open-drain', 'open-source'. (default is 'push-pull')
display this help and exit
treat the line as active low
the minimum time period to hold lines at the requested values
abort if requested line names are not unique
toggle the line(s) after the specified period(s) If the last period is 0 then gpioset exits else the sequence repeats.
don't quote line names
output version information and exit
set values then detach from the controlling terminal

A GPIO chip may be identified by number, name, or path. e.g. '0', 'gpiochip0', and '/dev/gpiochip0' all refer to the same chip.

Periods are taken as milliseconds unless units are specified. e.g. 10us. Supported units are 'm', 's', 'ms', and 'us' for minutes, seconds, milliseconds and microseconds respectively.

It should not be assumed that a line will retain its state after gpioset exits. When a process exits, any GPIO lines it has requested are automatically released. Once released, the state of a line may be modified by the kernel or another process. To guarantee the requested value, by default gpioset does not exit.

Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>

Report bugs to:
Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>
linux-gpio <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>

Copyright © 2017-2023 Bartosz Golaszewski License: GPL-2.0-or-later
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

November 2025 libgpiod v2.2.1