ttylog - serial device logger
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Description
This program writes everything that comes from a serial device like /dev/ttyS1 onto stdout. You can
specify the device and the baud rate of the device.
Name
ttylog - serial device logger
Options
ttylog follows the GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes('-'). A summary
of the options is included below:
-h,--help
Displays a little help
-v,--version
Version number of ttylog plus Copyright information
-b,--baud
Baud rate of the device. Available baud rates: 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600
and 115200
-d--device
The serial device. For example /dev/ttyS1
-f--flush
Output buffers are flushed after every write.
-t--timeout
How long to run ttylog, in seconds.
Synopsis
ttylog [-b|--baud] [-d|--device] [-f|--flush] [-t|--timeout] > /path/to/logfile
If you are not using the timeout option, you can stop it running by pressing a ctrl-c when it's going to
the screen or doing "kill -HUP nnnn" (where nnnn is the process ID for ttylog) if running in the
background.
