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sam-usage Launch, stop, and list apps on the webOS TV board via sam-cli (/home/root/sam-cli). Use when working with SAM (System Application Manager) on the target board.

sam-cli (SAM on the target board)

sam-cli drives SAM (Luna service com.webos.applicationManager) on the board. It lives at /home/root/sam-cli — not in PATH, so call it by full path or prepend /home/root to PATH. Use ssh -tt for a tty:

ssh -tt root@172.26.123.126 "/home/root/sam-cli running --ids"

Commands

Command What it does
launch <id> ['{"params":{...}}'] Launch app by id (optional extra JSON merged into payload)
close <id> Stop an app by id or instanceId
running [--ids] List running apps (ids only with --ids)
list / list-apps / ls [--ids] List installed apps
status <appId> Status of one app
info <appId> Info of one app
launch-points List launch points
manager-info Dev-category managerInfo (needs --dev)

Flags

  • --dev — devmode-only /dev category (also exposes close, running, listApps)
  • --pretty — pretty-print JSON (needs jq; not on board → raw JSON)
  • --timeout <secs> — cap execution (default 30; luna-send replies can take seconds)
  • --wait <secs> — sleep after launch/close (slow SSH links)
  • --ids — print only app ids for running/list

Notes

  • Output is raw JSON; exit 0 on success, 1 on errors, 2 on missing command.
  • jq is not installed on the board — built-in fallbacks handle --ids and JSON merge.
  • Replies arrive after several seconds — prefer a generous --timeout.