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minicom:tldr:f3ea7
minicom: Enter the configuration menu before communicating with a given serial port.
$ sudo minicom --device ${-dev-ttyUSB0} --setup
try on your machine
The command sudo minicom --device ${-dev-ttyUSB0} --setup
is used to start the Minicom terminal emulator in setup mode, with a specific device configuration.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
sudo
: It is a command that allows a user to execute a command with elevated privileges, typically as a superuser or root.minicom
: It is a text-based serial communication program that allows users to connect to devices using serial ports, such as modems, routers, or other embedded systems.--device ${-dev-ttyUSB0}
: This option specifies the serial device that Minicom should connect to. In this case, it is set to/dev/ttyUSB0
. The${-dev-ttyUSB0}
part is a placeholder and should be replaced with the actual device file if you are executing the command directly.--setup
: This flag puts Minicom into the setup mode, allowing the user to configure various settings for the serial connection, such as baud rate, parity, flow control, and so on.
Overall, this command opens Minicom in setup mode, allowing the user to configure the serial device specified by /dev/ttyUSB0
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.