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Is there any way to enable a pre-configured Wi-Fi hotspot from a shell script/command line without going to Settings > Wi-Fi > (settings icon) > Turn On Wi-Fi Hotspot... > Turn On?

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  • askubuntu.com/q/1146694/739431
    – PRATAP
    Aug 10, 2019 at 3:26
  • This answer has a script which does something very similar: It creates the AP interface and shows how to bring it up and down. Bringing an existing interface up and down should be as easy as ip link set INTERFACE up/down.
    – dessert
    Aug 10, 2019 at 10:06

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Based on @PRATAP's answer:

nmcli connection up <SSID>

Where <SSID> is likely Hotspot (can check this by running nm-connection-editor or going to Settings > Wi-Fi > (settings icon) > Connect to Hidden Wi-Fi Network... > Connection).

nmcli connection up/down also works for normal (non-hotspot) networks.

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    Hotspot is not the device's SSID but the network's profile name.
    – Justech
    Apr 6, 2021 at 8:43

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