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How do I set the pullup using /sys/class/gpio/gpio$PIN/

echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$PIN/value

does not seem to work.

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I'm not sure that you can set the internal pull-up/pull-downs via the sysfs interface. I have never done so, but I don't often use sysfs.

From the command line there are many methods. The following examples assume Broadcom gpio 4.

pigpio

pigs pud 4 u # up
pigs pud 4 d # down
pigs pud 4 o # off

raspi-gpio

raspi-gpio set 4 pu # up
raspi-gpio set 4 pd # down
raspi-gpio set 4 pn # off

wiringPi

gpio -g mode 4 up # up
gpio -g mode 4 down # down
gpio -g mode 4 tri # off
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  • Correct, you can't set the pull-ups or any alt functions via /sys. You can only set the direction and check/set the value.
    – goldilocks
    Sep 20, 2015 at 11:50
  • I have created a script using gpio, which works, but I was hoping there was a method not dependant on installing other software. There seems to be a dearth of documentation on the /sys interface.
    – Milliways
    Sep 21, 2015 at 4:40
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    Documentation for the generic kernel GPIO interface in /sys is in the vanilla source tree, [src]/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt (also online). It's not specific to the pi, which is why it doesn't include stuff like the pull-ups or alt functions. The people responsible for the rpi kernel could have elaborated upon this and created a kernel driver for the pi, but AFAIK they didn't and neither did anyone else -- there is just the various userspace libraries.
    – goldilocks
    Sep 21, 2015 at 13:53
  • hi @joan, so there is no way to set pull up states using gpioset through "libgpiod" ?
    – nass
    Apr 30, 2020 at 21:24
  • Something like this gpioset 0 $PIN=1? Mar 15, 2021 at 21:29

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