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mmcli — Control and monitor the ModemManager. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemM

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Problem

How to use the mmcli command: Control and monitor the ModemManager. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/man/latest/mmcli.1.html>.

Solution

mmcli — Control and monitor the ModemManager. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/man/latest/mmcli.1.html>.

List available modems:

mmcli --list-modems

Print information about a modem:

mmcli --modem={{modem}}

Enable a modem:

mmcli --modem={{modem}} --enable

List SMS messages available on the modem:

sudo mmcli --modem={{modem}} --messaging-list-sms

Delete a message from the modem, specifying its path:

sudo mmcli --modem={{modem}} --messaging-delete-sms={{path/to/message_file}}

Code Snippets

List available modems

mmcli --list-modems

Print information about a modem

mmcli --modem={{modem}}

Enable a modem

mmcli --modem={{modem}} --enable

List SMS messages available on the modem

sudo mmcli --modem={{modem}} --messaging-list-sms

Delete a message from the modem, specifying its path

sudo mmcli --modem={{modem}} --messaging-delete-sms={{path/to/message_file}}

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