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Re: cat /dev/ttyS?
On 1/6/06, Eric Blake <ericblake@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > oh, i found the 'cat /dev/ttyS1' really outputs, but it has a very
> > *big* delay that leads me thought it does not response. is the
> > output buffered? what do i do? thanks!
>
> Yes, cat with no options calls read(), which typically uses buffers. Try
> cat -u to get unbuffered output. Or there are other programs,
> such as dd, which are better suited with options to tweak to get
> unbuffered output.
thanks. dd works!
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woody
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