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15.0 > System > bootterm (0.5)

BootTerm is a simple, reliable and powerful terminal designed to ease
connection to ephemeral serial ports as found on various SBCs,
and typically USB-based ones.

Main Features
automatic port detection
enumeration of available ports with detected drivers and descriptions
wait for a specific, a new, or any port to appear (convenient with
USB ports)
support for non-standard baud rates (e.g. 74880 bauds for ESP8266)
can send a Break sequence and toggling RTS/DTR for various
reset sequences, even on startup
fixed/timed captures to files (may be enabled at run time)
optionally time-stamped captures (relative/absolute dates)
reliable with proper error handling
single binary without annoying dependencies, builds out of the box
supports stdin/stdout to inject/download data
configurable escape character and visible character ranges

Maintained by: Duncan Wood
Keywords: bootterm bt terminal
ChangeLog: bootterm

Homepage:
https://github.com/wtarreau/bootterm

Source Downloads:
bootterm-0.5.tar.gz (459e50abe08d771ce64fd83346a4737c)

Download SlackBuild:
bootterm.tar.gz
bootterm.tar.gz.asc (FAQ)

(the SlackBuild does not include the source)

Individual Files:
README
bootterm.SlackBuild
bootterm.info
slack-desc

Validated for Slackware 15.0

See our HOWTO for instructions on how to use the contents of this repository.

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