Essential System Administration Pocket Reference

Serial Lines

Termcap/terminfo file

AIX:	/usr/lib/terminfo
FreeBSD:	/etc/termcap (a link to /usr/share/misc/termcap)
Linux:	/etc/termcap and /usr/share/terminfo
HP-UX:	/usr/lib/terminfo (a link to /usr/share/lib/terminfo)
Solaris:	/etc/termcap and /usr/share/lib/terminfo

stty	stty options [value] ...
Modify serial line settings.

Options

n	Baud rate.
rows n	Lines on the screen.
columns n	Columns on the screen.
[-]echo	Echo/don’t echo typed characters on the screen.
erase c	Delete the previous character.
kill c	Erase the entire command line.
intr c	Interrupt the foreground command.
eof c	End-of-file signal.
susp c	Suspend the foreground command.
lnext c	Interpret the next character literally (used to insert control characters into the command line).
werase c	Erase the previous word.
rprnt c	Reprint the pending command line.
stop c	Pause terminal input and output.
start c	Restart a paused terminal.
flush c	Discard all pending (undisplayed) output.
quit c	Kill the foreground command and dump core.
oddp	Enable odd parity.
evenp	Enable even parity.
-parity	No parity is generated or detected.
cstopb	Use two stop bits (-cstopb means one stop bit).
clocal	Use a hard carrier (-clocal means soft).
sane	Reset many options to reasonable settings.

Serial Line Configuration Files

/etc/ttys (FreeBSD)

port command type [flags]
port	Special file in /dev that communicates with this serial line.
″command″	getty command init should ...