PROBEMODEM(8)

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💖 PROBEMODEM(8) 💖

System Manager's Manual — yep, section 8, the big-kid admin section. Slay.

✨ NAME ✨

probemodem — bestie, it checks your modem and then tells you what certain commands said back. That's the whole job. Iconic, honestly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

/usr/sbin/probemodem [-f] [-c AT_COMMAND] [-s SPEED] [ttyname]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so, the probemodem script does a little vibe check on a modem that's attached to a serial line, and then it reports the results of certain commands. That's it. That's the mission. 🎀

The ttyname argument is the name of the tty port that the modem is attached to. Like, which door does your modem live behind. Point at it. 🫶

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a manual page. So basically nobody wrote one, and then someone did, and now you're reading it. Not me being the main character of documentation or anything. 💅

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -f — Do not use the command fuser in order to check if other processes are using the tty ttyname and kill them. So like, by default it will go check who's hogging your tty and unalive those processes 😭 — pass -f and it just… won't. Respectful of boundaries, honestly.
  • -c AT_COMMAND — Specify a string to be sent to the modem instead of "AT+FCLASS=?". So if you want to slide a different command in there, this is your moment, bestie. Default is "AT+FCLASS=?", no cap.
  • -s speed — Set the speed to use for the ttyname port. You want it faster? Slower? Set it. It's giving control. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • hylafax(5)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was written by Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>, and modified by Giuseppe Sacco <eppesuig@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system. Legends. Genuinely. 🫶✨

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