Hey Christopher,

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 4:09 PM Christopher Arndt <chris@chrisarndt.de> wrote:
Am 15.08.19 um 22:50 schrieb Georg Krause:
> Am 15.08.19 um 22:36 schrieb Matt Zagrabelny:
>> Is there a "jack_FOO" CLI tool that can be used to query what
>> available ports there are?

> I think jack_lsp does what you need.

jack_lsp comes with jack, so is always available, but for more
convenience, you might want to try some third-party tools, that automate
the connection process.

Okay. Thanks for the tip.
 
One of these (written by me) is jack-matchmaker. You can also use it to
list all ports with their alias names and meta-data pretty-names:

    $ jack-matchmaker --list-inputs --list-outputs \
      --aliases --prettynames

Or shorter:

    $ jack-matchmaker -ioan

The Github page has more information on the program and also lists
several alternatives at the bottom of the page.

https://github.com/SpotlightKid/jack-matchmaker

Cool. I'll check out jack-matchmaker if I run into issues wit the stock jack_ commands.

Cheers!

-m