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# wol

> Client for sending Wake-on-LAN magic packets.
> More information: <https://sourceforge.net/projects/wake-on-lan/>.

- Send a WoL packet to a device:

`wol {{mac_address}}`

- Send a WoL packet to a device in another subnet based on its IP:

`wol --ipaddr={{ip_address}} {{mac_address}}`

- Send a WoL packet to a device in another subnet based on its hostname:

`wol --host={{hostname}} {{mac_address}}`

- Send a WoL packet to a specific port on a host:

`wol --port={{port_number}} {{mac_address}}`

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

`wol --file={{path/to/file}}`

- Turn on verbose output:

`wol {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{mac_address}}`
