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picocom — Minimal program to emulate serial consoles. See also: `minicom`, `cu`, `tio`. More information: <htt

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Problem

How to use the picocom command: Minimal program to emulate serial consoles. See also: minicom, cu, tio. More information: <https://manned.org/picocom>.

Solution

picocom — Minimal program to emulate serial consoles. See also: minicom, cu, tio. More information: <https://manned.org/picocom>.

Connect to a serial console with the default baud rate of 9600:

sudo picocom {{/dev/ttyXYZ}}

Connect to a serial console with a specified baud rate:

sudo picocom {{/dev/ttyXYZ}} {{[-b|--baud]}} {{baud_rate}}

Map special characters (e.g. LF to CRLF):

sudo picocom {{/dev/ttyXYZ}} --imap {{lfcrlf}}

Exit picocom:

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Display help:

picocom {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Connect to a serial console with the default baud rate of 9600

sudo picocom {{/dev/ttyXYZ}}

Connect to a serial console with a specified baud rate

sudo picocom {{/dev/ttyXYZ}} {{[-b|--baud]}} {{baud_rate}}

Map special characters (e.g. `LF` to `CRLF`)

sudo picocom {{/dev/ttyXYZ}} --imap {{lfcrlf}}

Exit picocom

<Ctrl a><Ctrl x>

Display help

picocom {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

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