How to listen quietly for other Bluetooth devices?

[Maksim Yevmenkin]

On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Maksim Yevmenkin
<maksim.yevmenkin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mikhail,
>
>> I'd like my FreeBSD computer to detect the presence of other
>> Bluetooth-devices nearby.
>
> you probably look for inquiry command. i.e. hcidump inquiry. please be

this should read hcicontrol instead of hcidump

> aware that remote device may not answer inquiry, i.e. "not
> discoverable". apart from inquiry, there is not a whole lot you can do
> with standard hci interface
>
> thanks!
> max