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picocom is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is, in principle,
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very much like minicom, only it's pico instead of mini!
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Picocom was designed to serve as a simple, manual, modem configuration,
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testing, and debugging tool. It has also served (quite well) as a low-tech
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"terminal-window" to allow operator
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intervention in PPP connection scripts (something like the ms-windows
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"open terminal window before / after dialing" feature).
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It could also prove useful in many other similar tasks.
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Picocom is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal
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(less than 20K, when stripped).
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Apart from being a handy little tool, picocom source distribution includes
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a simple, easy to use, and thoroughly documented
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terminal-management library, which could serve other projects as well.
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This library hides the termios(3) calls, and provides a less complex and
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safer (though certainly less feature-rich) interface.
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Picocom runs on Linux, and with minor modifications it could run on any
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Unix system with the termios(3) library.
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