MODEM-CMD(1)

💖 modem-cmd — bestie's guide to yelling at your modem 💖

okay so this is the General Commands Manual page for modem-cmd(1), and honestly? it's giving "tiny tool, huge main character energy". let's get into it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

modem-cmd — send arbitrary AT commands to your modem 💅

like. any AT command. to your modem. no gatekeeping. no cap. 🔥

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

modem-cmd [ device ] [ command ]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. two lil optional slots and she's ready to go ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so real talk, this manual page documents briefly the modem-cmd commands. brief. concise. lowkey iconic.

modem-cmd can be used to send arbitrary AT commands to a modem device over a serial line. that's the whole job bestie, and she does it well 🫶

and because it can do that, it means it can also be used as a phone dialer. yes fr fr. your modem said "i contain multitudes" 💀

🎀 USAGE 🎀

here's the moment you've been waiting for, the tutorial, the demo, the slay:

modem-cmd /dev/ttyUSB0 ATDT123456

so you pass the device (/dev/ttyUSB0, iconic path, love her) and then the command (ATDT123456) and boom 💥 you're dialing. no notes. periodt.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

modem-cmd was written by YuLun Shih <shih@yulun.me>. give them their flowers, they earned them 💐

and that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓 this was the modem-cmd(1) page from the General Commands Manual, dated May 4, 2017 — like, a whole era ago, and still serving 💜 mwah, go dial something ✨📞