[ILUG] Bash question - serial port

[newboid at vodafone.ie]

Hi,

I am quite new to linux and I was wondering if there is a way to get a string 
from a serial port from the shell?

I have tried using:

cat < /dev/ttyS0

and I can see the string from the  serial port, but I don't seen to see a 
way of  terminating the cat command to get at the data.

I looked at C and it seems a bit complex for what I want to do.

cheers.

steve


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