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microcom — A minimalistic terminal program, used to access remote devices via a serial, CAN, or telnet connecti

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Problem

How to use the microcom command: A minimalistic terminal program, used to access remote devices via a serial, CAN, or telnet connection from the console. More information: <https://manned.org/microcom>.

Solution

microcom — A minimalistic terminal program, used to access remote devices via a serial, CAN, or telnet connection from the console. More information: <https://manned.org/microcom>.

Open a serial port using the specified baud rate:

microcom {{[-p|--port]}} {{/dev/ttyXYZ}} {{[-s|--speed]}} {{baud_rate}}

Establish a telnet connection to the specified host:

microcom {{[-t|--telnet]}} {{hostname}}:{{port}}

Code Snippets

Open a serial port using the specified baud rate

microcom {{[-p|--port]}} {{/dev/ttyXYZ}} {{[-s|--speed]}} {{baud_rate}}

Establish a telnet connection to the specified host

microcom {{[-t|--telnet]}} {{hostname}}:{{port}}

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