minicom questions, need expert

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> But, this command line, which outputs to the screen very nicely if the pipe 
> and the rest of the line are removed, seems to send the data to /dev/null:
> 
> #>cat /dev/ttyUSB1 | lpr -Plp1
> 
Try something like:
cat /dev/ttyUSB1 | lpr -Plp1 -
or
cat /dev/ttyUSB1 | lpr -Plp1 -- -

 From the lp man page:
lp submits files for printing or alters a pending job. Use a
filename of "-" to force printing from the standard input.

Mikkel
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