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minicom

Minicom is a clone of the MS-DOS “Telix” communication program. It emulates ANSI and VT102 terminals, has a dialing directory and auto zmodem download.

Installed size: 1.02 MB
How to install: sudo apt install minicom

Dependencies:
  • libc6
  • libtinfo6
ascii-xfr

Upload/download files using the ASCII protocol

root@kali:~# ascii-xfr -h
ascii-xfr: invalid option -- 'h'
Usage: ascii-xfr -s|-r [-dvn] [-l linedelay] [-c character delay] filename
       -s:  send
       -r:  receive
       -e:  send the End Of File character (default is not to)
       -d:  set End Of File character to Control-D (instead of Control-Z)
       -v:  verbose (statistics on stderr output)
       -n:  do not translate CRLF <--> LF
       Delays are in milliseconds.

minicom

Friendly serial communication program

root@kali:~# minicom -h
Usage: minicom [OPTION]... [configuration]
A terminal program for Linux and other unix-like systems.

  -b, --baudrate         : set baudrate (ignore the value from config)
  -D, --device           : set device name (ignore the value from config)
  -s, --setup            : enter setup mode
  -o, --noinit           : do not initialize modem & lockfiles at startup
  -m, --metakey          : use meta or alt key for commands
  -M, --metakey8         : use 8bit meta key for commands
  -l, --ansi             : literal; assume screen uses non IBM-PC character set
  -L, --iso              : don't assume screen uses ISO8859
  -w, --wrap             : Linewrap on
  -H, --displayhex       : display output in hex
  -z, --statline         : try to use terminal's status line
  -7, --7bit             : force 7bit mode
  -8, --8bit             : force 8bit mode
  -c, --color=on/off     : ANSI style color usage on or off
  -a, --attrib=on/off    : use reverse or highlight attributes on or off
  -t, --term=TERM        : override TERM environment variable
  -S, --script=SCRIPT    : run SCRIPT at startup
  -d, --dial=ENTRY       : dial ENTRY from the dialing directory
  -p, --ptty=TTYP        : connect to pseudo terminal
  -C, --capturefile=FILE : start capturing to FILE
  --capturefile-buffer-mode=MODE : set buffering mode of capture file
  -F, --statlinefmt      : format of status line
  -R, --remotecharset    : character set of communication partner
  -v, --version          : output version information and exit
  -h, --help             : show help
  configuration          : configuration file to use

These options can also be specified in the MINICOM environment variable.
This variable is currently unset.
The configuration directory for the access file and the configurations
is compiled to /etc/minicom.

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

runscript

Script interpreter for minicom

root@kali:~# man runscript
RUNSCRIPT(1)                General Commands Manual               RUNSCRIPT(1)

NAME
       runscript - script interpreter for minicom

SYNOPSIS
       runscript scriptname [logfile [homedir]]

DESCRIPTION
       runscript is a simple script interpreter that can be called from within
       the minicom communications program to automate tasks like logging in to
       a Unix system or your favorite BBS.

INVOCATION
       The  program  expects  a  script name and optionally a filename and the
       user's home directory as arguments, and it expects that it's input  and
       output are connected to the "remote end", the system you are connecting
       to. All messages from runscript meant for the local screen are directed
       to  the  stderr  output. All this is automatically taken care of if you
       run it from minicom.  The logfile and  home  directory  parameters  are
       only  used to tell the log command the name of the logfile and where to
       write it. If the homedir is omitted, runscript uses the directory found
       in the $HOME environment variable. If also the logfile name is omitted,
       the log commands are ignored.

KEYWORDS
       Runscript recognizes the following commands:

            expect   send     goto     gosub    return   !<   !
            exit     print    set      inc      dec      if   timeout
            verbose  sleep    break    call     log

OVERVIEW OF KEYWORDS
       send <string>
            <string> is sent to the modem. It is followed by a '\r'.  <string>
            can be:
              - regular text, e.g. 'send hello'
              - text enclosed in quotes, e.g. 'send "hello world"'

            Within <string> the following sequences are recognized:
                \n - newline
                \r - carriage return
                \a - bell
                \b - backspace
                \c - don't send the default '\r'.
                \f - formfeed
                \^ - the ^ character
                \o - send character o (o is an octal number)

            Control characters can be used in the string with the ^ prefix (^A
            to ^Z, ^[, ^ ^], ^^ and ^_). If you need to send the ^  character,
            you must prefix it with the \ escape character.
            Octal characters are either four-digit or delimited by a non-digit
            character,  e.g.  the  null  character  may be sent with \0000 and
            'send 1234' is equivalent to 'send \0061234'.
            Also $(environment_variable) can be  used,  for  example  $(TERM).
            Minicom  passes  three  special  environment  variables: $(LOGIN),
            which is the username, $(PASS), which is the password, as  defined
            in the proper entry of the dialing directory, and $(TERMLIN) which
            is  the  number  of actual terminal lines on your screen (that is,
            the statusline excluded).

       print <string>
            Prints <string> to the local screen. Default followed  by  '\r\n'.
            See the description of 'send' above.

       label:
            Declares  a  label (with the name 'label') to use with goto or go-
            sub.

       goto <label>
            Jump to another place in the program.

       gosub <label>
            Jumps to another place in the program. When the statement 'return'
            is encountered, control returns to the statement after the  gosub.
            Gosub's can be nested.

       return
            Return from a gosub.

       ! <command>
            Runs  a  shell  for you in which 'command' is executed. On return,
            the variable '$?' is set to the exit status of  this  command,  so
            you can subsequently test it using 'if'.

       !< <command>
            Runs  a  shell  for you in which 'command' is executed. The stdout
            output of the command execution will be sent to the modem. On  re-
            turn, the variable '$?' is set to the exit status of this command,
            so you can subsequently test it using 'if'.

       exit [value]
            Exit from "runscript" with an optional exit status. (default 1)

       set <variable> <value>
            Sets the value of <variable> (which is a single letter a-z) to the
            value  <value>.  If <variable> does not exist, it will be created.
            <value> can be a integer value or another variable.

       inc <variable>
            Increments the value of <variable> by one.

       dec <variable>
            Decrements the value of <variable> by one.

       if <value> <operator> <value> <statement>
            Conditional execution of <statement>. <operator> can be <,  >,  !=
            or =.  Eg, 'if a > 3 goto exitlabel'.

       timeout <value>
            Sets  the  global timeout. By default, 'runscript' will exit after
            120 seconds. This can be changed with this command. Warning:  this
            command  acts  differently  within an 'expect' statement, but more
            about that later.

       verbose <on|off>
            By default, this is 'on'. That means that anything that  is  being
            read  from  the  modem  by 'runscript', gets echoed to the screen.
            This is so that you can see what 'runscript' is doing.

       sleep <value>
            Suspend execution for <value> seconds.

       expect
              expect {
                pattern  [statement]
                pattern  [statement]
                [timeout <value> [statement] ]
                ....
              }
            The most important command of all. Expect keeps reading  from  the
            input  until  it reads a pattern that matches one of the specified
            ones.  If expect encounters an optional statement after that  pat-
            tern,  it  will execute it. Otherwise the default is to just break
            out of the expect. 'pattern' is a string, just as in  'send'  (see
            above).   Normally,  expect  will  timeout  in 60 seconds and just
            exit, but this can be changed with the timeout command.

       break
            Break out of an 'expect' statement. This is normally  only  useful
            as argument to 'timeout' within an expect, because the default ac-
            tion of timeout is to exit immediately.

       call <scriptname>
            Transfers  control  to  another script file. When that script file
            finishes without errors, the original script will continue.

       log <text>
            Write text to the logfile.

NOTES
       If you want to make your script to exit minicom (for example  when  you
       use  minicom  to dial up your ISP, and then start a PPP or SLIP session
       from a script), try the command "! killall  -9  minicom"  as  the  last
       script  command.  The  -9 option should prevent minicom from hanging up
       the line and resetting the modem before exiting.
       Well, I don't think this is enough information to make you  an  experi-
       enced  'programmer'  in  'runscript', but together with the examples it
       shouldn't be too hard to write some useful script files. Things will be
       easier if you have experience with  BASIC.   The  minicom  source  code
       comes  together with two example scripts, scriptdemo and unixlogin. Es-
       pecially the last one is a good base to build on for your own scripts.

SEE ALSO
       minicom(1)

BUGS
       Runscript should be built in to minicom.

AUTHOR
       Miquel  van  Smoorenburg,  <[email protected]>   Jukka   Lahtinen,
       <[email protected]>


xminicom

Friendly serial communication program

root@kali:~# man xminicom
XMINICOM(1)                   Linux Users Manual                   XMINICOM(1)

NAME
       xminicom - friendly serial communication program

SYNOPSIS
       xminicom minicom-options

DESCRIPTION
       Xminicom  is a script wrapper around minicom.  It tries to find a color
       capable xterm or rxvt on your system, and then runs minicom with the -c
       (color) flag in a terminal session.

OPTIONS
       See minicom (1).

AUTHOR
       Miquel van Smoorenburg, [email protected]

SEE ALSO
       minicom(1)

                              September 14, 1998                   XMINICOM(1)

Updated on: 2024-Feb-16