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+tio - a simple serial device I/O tool
+
+tio is a simple serial device tool which features a straightforward
+command-line and configuration file interface to easily connect to
+serial TTY devices for basic I/O operations.
+
+Features:
+
+- Easily connect to serial TTY devices
+- Automatic connect and reconnect
+- Sensible defaults (115200 8n1)
+- Support for non-standard baud rates
+- Support for mark and space parity
+- X-modem (1K) and Y-modem file upload
+- Support for RS-485 mode
+- List available serial devices by ID
+- Show RX/TX statistics
+- Toggle serial lines
+- Pulse serial lines with configurable pulse duration
+- Local echo support
+- Remapping of characters (nl, cr-nl, bs, lowercase to uppercase, etc.)
+- Line timestamps
+- Support for delayed output per character
+- Support for delayed output per line
+- Hexadecimal mode
+- Log to file
+- Autogeneration of log filename
+- Configuration file support
+- Activate sub-configurations by name or pattern
+- Redirect I/O to UNIX socket or IPv4/v6 network socket for scripting or TTY sharing
+- Pipe input and/or output
+- Support for simple line request/response handling
+- Bash completion on options, serial device names, and sub-configuration names
+- Configurable text color
+- Visual or audible alert on connect/disconnect
+- Remapping of prefix key
+- Man page documentation
+- Binary size less than 90kB
+- Plays nicely with [tmux](https://tmux.github.io)