[ILUG] Bash question - serial port

[P at draigBrady.com]

sorry the previous mail was a bit rushed.

For fixed length data try:

REPLY=`dd if=/dev/ttyS0 bs=1 count=$number_of_bytes`

For line oriented data try:

while read /dev/ttyS0; do
   echo received: $REPLY
done

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