#!/bin/bash # # Script: /usr/local/bin/readconsole # # Author: deelkar@deelkar.ath.cx # # Requires: setterm, Bash # # Public: yes # Copyright (C) 2002 "Dirk-Lueder Kreie" # # 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. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for # more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with # this program; if not, write to the # # Free Software Foundation, Inc. # 59 Temple Place, Suite 330 # Boston, MA 02111-1307 # USA. # hint on usage: there are more than 12 ttys but I thougt it # not useful to put more than the 12 standard ttys in the # case statement. If your system uses more, feel free to add # them into the case statement, to get rid of the hint msg case "$1" in ""|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12) setterm -dump $1 -file /tmp/readconsole.tmp cat /tmp/readconsole.tmp ;; *) setterm -dump $1 -file /tmp/readconsole.tmp cat /tmp/readconsole.tmp echo "hint: use \"readconsole X\" to read /dev/ttyX" ;; esac