wol:tldr:0da05

wol: Read hardware addresses, IP addresses/hostnames, optional ports and SecureON passwords from a file.

$ wol --file=${filename}

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This command is using the "wol" utility to wake up a remote computer from sleep or hibernation mode.

The "--file=${filename}" part is an option that you can provide to the command, where "${filename}" is a placeholder for the actual name of a file. This option allows you to specify a file from which to read MAC addresses (Media Access Control addresses). MAC addresses are unique identifiers assigned to network interface cards (NICs) of devices.

By using this option, the command will read the MAC addresses from the specified file and send a "wake-on-LAN" signal to each of those addresses, waking up the corresponding remote computers. The remote computers must be connected to the same local area network (LAN) for this command to work.

In summary, this command is used to wake up remote computers by reading MAC addresses from a file and sending them a wake-up signal using the "wol" utility.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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