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wendy discover

Scans for Wendy devices on the local network and connected via USB Ethernet.

wendy discover

Scans for Wendy devices on the local network and connected via USB Ethernet.

Usage

wendy discover [flags]

Description

wendy discover combines two discovery mechanisms and merges the results:

  • Ethernet (USB NCM) discovery — enumerates host network adapters and returns those whose name or interface description contains "wendy" (case-insensitive).
  • LAN discovery — uses mDNS to find WendyOS devices advertising themselves on the local network.

Platform support

Ethernet discovery

PlatformImplementation
LinuxReads /sys/class/net and checks adapter names/descriptions
macOSUses SCNetworkConfiguration to enumerate interfaces
WindowsShells out to PowerShell (Get-NetAdapter joined with Get-NetIPAddress) and filters adapters whose Name or InterfaceDescription contains "wendy" (case-insensitive)

LAN (mDNS) discovery

mDNS discovery works on all platforms. On Linux, ensure avahi-daemon is running on the device. On macOS, the CLI requires the Local Network TCC permission.

Flags

FlagDefaultDescription
--timeout5sHow long to wait for mDNS responses
--jsonfalseOutput results as a JSON array instead of a table

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