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wol: Turn on verbose output.
$ wol --verbose ${mac_address}
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The command "wol --verbose ${mac_address}" is used to send a Wake-on-LAN (WoL) signal to a device with the specified MAC address.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

  • "wol" is the command-line tool used to send the WoL signal.
  • "--verbose" is an optional flag that provides more detailed output or information about the process. In this case, it is used to get additional information about the WoL signal being sent.
  • "${mac_address}" is a placeholder representing the MAC address of the target device. MAC address stands for Media Access Control address, which is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces. The MAC address of the device you want to wake up should be substituted in place of "${mac_address}". Note that the MAC address should be in the format of six sets of two hexadecimal digits separated by colons (e.g., 00:11:22:33:44:55).

So when this command is executed with the proper MAC address, it will send a WoL signal to that device, prompting it to turn on or exit sleep mode. The "--verbose" option ensures that additional information about the WoL process is displayed in the output.

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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