Years ago I needed a cat with a timeout argument. I modified the cat code. It was very easy (if I remember correctly less than one hour of work).
Sadly, I don't have the code. Good luck. Dan 2010/6/10 Ori Idan <o...@helicontech.co.il> > I have to read lines from serial port, I thought to read them using 'cat' > however, since the other unit connected to the serial port, might > malfunction and not send anything, I need a timeout to stop reading after > few seconds. > Does someone know of an alternative to cat with timeout? > > -- > Ori Idan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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