minicom version 2.7.1 (compiled Aug 13 2017) Copyright (C) Miquel van Smoorenburg. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Usage: minicom [OPTION]... [configuration] A terminal program for Linux and other unix-like systems. -b, --baudrate : set baudrate (ignore the value from config) -D, --device : set device name (ignore the value from config) -s, --setup : enter setup mode -o, --noinit : do not initialize modem & lockfiles at startup -m, --metakey : use meta or alt key for commands -M, --metakey8 : use 8bit meta key for commands -l, --ansi : literal; assume screen uses non IBM-PC character set -L, --iso : don't assume screen uses ISO8859 -w, --wrap : Linewrap on -H, --displayhex : display output in hex -z, --statline : try to use terminal's status line -7, --7bit : force 7bit mode -8, --8bit : force 8bit mode -c, --color=on/off : ANSI style color usage on or off -a, --attrib=on/off : use reverse or highlight attributes on or off -t, --term=TERM : override TERM environment variable -S, --script=SCRIPT : run SCRIPT at startup -d, --dial=ENTRY : dial ENTRY from the dialing directory -p, --ptty=TTYP : connect to pseudo terminal -C, --capturefile=FILE : start capturing to FILE -F, --statlinefmt : format of status line -R, --remotecharset : character set of communication partner -v, --version : output version information and exit -h, --help : show help configuration : configuration file to use These options can also be specified in the MINICOM environment variable. This variable is currently unset. The configuration directory for the access file and the configurations is compiled to /etc/minicom. Report bugs to <minicom-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>.