[mythtv-users] Lirc commands in a shell script

[Joey Morris]

Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote on Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 01:37:09PM +0200:
> Hoi All ,
> 
>  I have Radio integrated in Myth with some adaptations as in the wiki.
>  The radio command (ivtv-radio and aplay) itself runs as an
>  independent service and I can select stations (with iradio, which can
>  set the station on the screen or v4l2-ctl) either through a Mythmenu
>  or through a shellscript. Also Volume (with amixer) I can control
>  through that script. 
>  Through my remote I can turn it on and off, by starting/stopping the
>  service. I would like to also be able to select stations and adjust
>  volume through the remote. That way I do not need to turn on the
>  screen. As I have seen suggested, it would be possible to receive
>  Lirc commands in a shellscript, as long as of cause it's on the
>  foreground. Does anybody know how to do that?

Is irexec what you're looking for?