chat.8 (cfe30d02adda7c3b5c76156ac52d50d8cab325d9) chat.8 (6d6d6c360322227ba838c53ed72d31937a425800)
1.\" $FreeBSD$
2.Dd September 10, 2012
3.Dt CHAT 8
4.Os
5.Sh NAME
6.Nm chat
7.Nd Automated conversational script with a modem
8.Sh SYNOPSIS

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286strings must be enclosed in single or double quotes.
287If carriage return and line feed are needed in the string to be output,
288you must explicitly add them to your string.
289.Pp
290The
291.Dv SAY
292strings could be used to give progress messages in sections of
293the script where you want to have 'ECHO OFF' but still let the user
1.\" $FreeBSD$
2.Dd September 10, 2012
3.Dt CHAT 8
4.Os
5.Sh NAME
6.Nm chat
7.Nd Automated conversational script with a modem
8.Sh SYNOPSIS

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286strings must be enclosed in single or double quotes.
287If carriage return and line feed are needed in the string to be output,
288you must explicitly add them to your string.
289.Pp
290The
291.Dv SAY
292strings could be used to give progress messages in sections of
293the script where you want to have 'ECHO OFF' but still let the user
294know what is happening. An example is:
294know what is happening.
295An example is:
295.Bd -literal -offset indent
296ABORT BUSY
297ECHO OFF
298SAY "Dialling your ISP...\\n"
299\&'' ATDT5551212
300TIMEOUT 120
301SAY "Waiting up to 2 minutes for connection ... "
302CONNECT ''

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297ABORT BUSY
298ECHO OFF
299SAY "Dialling your ISP...\\n"
300\&'' ATDT5551212
301TIMEOUT 120
302SAY "Waiting up to 2 minutes for connection ... "
303CONNECT ''

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