MICROCOM(1)

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version 2025.11.0 · 2 versions
, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 MICROCOM(1) — bestie's guide to the cutest little terminal program 💖

okay so. this is microcom, and it lives in the General Commands Manual (section 1, obviously, she's a command). pull up a chair, grab a boba, we're doing this. 🧋✨

✨ NAME ✨

microcom — a minimalistic terminal program. and when we say minimalistic we mean she's serving less is more and she ATE. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

microcom [-d] [-f] [-p devfile|-t host:port] [-s speed] [-e escape-char]
microcom -c interface:rx_id:tx_id
microcom -h

look at her. three little lines. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so this manual page documents briefly the microcom command. brief is the point, bestie.

microcom is a minimalistic terminal program for accessing devices (e.g. switches) via a serial connection. it's giving "i just want to talk to my hardware, why is everything so complicated." 🙈

she's got range too:

  • connection via RS232 serial interfaces — including setting of transferrates, so you can match speeds with your lil device 🐢💨
  • a telnetmode as specified in rfc2217 📡
  • and a (Linux specific) can mode 🥫✨

the escape character to enter the program menu is Ctrl-\. once you're in there, there are several commands available, among them:

  • quit — to exit microcom (say bye bestie 😭)
  • exit — to return to normal mode
  • speed — to set terminal speed
fr fr, that menu is the main character energy moment of the whole program. iykyk.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

microcom follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). a summary of options is included below. yes, all of them. we don't skip. 💖

  • -d — output debugging info to stdout. she's telling you everything, oversharing era 💀
  • -f — ignore an already existing lock file. bold. fearless. 🦋
  • *-p *devfile, --port=devfile — use the specified serial port device (default /dev/ttyS0).
  • *-s *speed, --speed=speed — use specified baudrate (default 115200).
  • *-t *host:port, --telnet=host:port — work in telnet (rfc2217) mode.
  • *-c *interface:rx_id:tx_id, --can=interface:rx_id:tx_id — work in CAN mode (default: can0:200:200).
  • *-e *escape-character, --escape-char=char — use specified escape character with Ctrl (default \).
  • -h, --help — Show help. she's helpful AND pretty 🌈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Uwe Kleine-König, based on work initially done by Alexander Reichle-Schmehl. absolute icons, both of them. we stan. 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie — microcom(1), straight outta the General Commands Manual. go forth and talk to your switches. periodt. 💅🎀✨

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