Re: Equivalent commands

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 05:59:11PM -0500, andy7308 comcast net wrote:
> Is there an equivalent command in Linux for the Unix "tip" command?
> I am trying to connect to a KVM switch through a serial port and I
> am not sure what Linux command is to access this port. In Unix I
> would run tip -(baud rate [9600]) -(port[ttya]. Does any know the
> equivalent Linux command?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gary

Actually, I think that is a BSD-ism.  Perhaps you need the primitive
"cu" (call unix), or the more pleasant "minicom".  You will likely
want to run "minicom -s" as root first to set some defaults, then you
can invoke "minicom" as a mere mortal (or root, if you must).

Cheers,
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