wev(1)

wev1

Show wayland events

Usage

wev [-g] [-f <interface [:event] >] [-F <interface [:event] >] [-M <path>]

Overview

wev opens an xdg-shell toplevel on the default Wayland display (via the WAYLAND_DISPLAY environment variable), then prints events associated with that display.

Options

-g

Print globals.

-f <interface[:event]>

Only show events for the given Wayland interface, or for a specific event from that interface. May be specified more than once to show several interfaces and/or events.

-F <interface[:event]>

Show all events except those from the given Wayland interface, or except for a specific event from that interface. May be specified more than once to hide several interfaces and/or events.

-M <path>

Writes the wl_keyboard's keymap to the specified path.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 11–12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

Authors

Maintained by Drew DeVault <[email protected]>. Up-to-date sources can be found at https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/wev and bugs/patches can be submitted by email to ~sircmpwn/[email protected].

From wev 1.1.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.