SLCANPTY(1)

✨ SLCANPTY ✨

okay bestie, grab a snack because we're talking about slcanpty — a manual page for slcanpty version 2023.03-1build1 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

slcanpty <pty> <can interface>

that's it. that's the whole vibe. two little arguments and you're off 👑

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

slcanpty is an adapter for applications that speak the slcan ASCII protocol 🦋

here's the tea: slcanpty creates a pty for applications using the slcan ASCII protocol and converts the ASCII data to a CAN network interface — and vice versa 🔁✨ like, it goes both ways, iconically.

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🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

• slcanpty /dev/ptyc0 can0 — creates /dev/ttyc0 for the slcan application 💫
• e.g. for pseudo-terminal slcanpty /dev/ptmx can0 creates /dev/pts/N 🌈

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and that's the whole page fr fr. this manual page is for slcanpty version 2023.03-1build1, dated December 2025 🫶 lowkey iconic of it. go make some ptys, bestie, you got this 💜