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.\" nmtui (1) manual page
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.TH NMTUI "1" "2014-11-06" "NetworkManager 1.2"

.SH NAME
nmtui \- Text User Interface for controlling NetworkManager
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nmtui
.RI " [ " edit " | " connect " | " hostname " ] [ ... ] "
.P
.B nmtui\-edit
.RI " [ " connection-id " | " connection-name " ] "
.P
.B nmtui\-connect
.RI " [ " connection-name " | " connection-uuid " | " device-name " | " Wi-Fi-SSID " ] "
.P
.B nmtui\-hostname

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B nmtui
is a curses\(hybased TUI application for interacting with \fINetworkManager\fP.
.P
When starting \fInmtui\fP, the user is prompted to choose the activity to perform
unless it was specified as the first argument.
.P
The supported activities are:
.IP \(em 4
\fIedit\fP: show a connection editor that supports adding, modifying, viewing and deleting
connections. It provides similar functionality as \fInm\-connection\-editor\fP.
.IP \(em 4
\fIconnect\fP: show a list of available connections, with the option to activate or deactivate
them. It provides similar functionality as \fInm\-applet\fP.
.IP \(em 4
\fIhostname\fP: set the system hostname.

.P
Corresponding to above activities, \fInmtui\fP also comes with binaries named
\fInmtui\-edit\fP, \fInmtui\-connect\fP, and \fInmtui-hostname\fP to skip the selection
of the activities.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR NetworkManager(8),
.BR nmcli(1).
.BR nm\-applet(1).
.BR nm\-connection\-editor(1).