[SOLVED] wget seems to add extra newlines on output to serial port?

Schadrach · 10-04-2010, 02:47 PM

I need to read some data from a web server and output to a serial port on the local machine. I was attempting to use the following command:

Code:

wget -q -O/dev/ttyS0 http://<IP address>/<filename>.asp?LID=12345

But the device attached to the serial port (a plate embosser) acts as though there is an extra newline after each line of data.

It parses the data sent according to it's own format, which includes a format string in <> followed by a data block containing one data field per line, with the whole block surrounded by <>, for example:

Code:

<]01Y425X472 Y55X50F0 Y110X50F0 Y165X50F0 Y220X50F0 Y55X250F0 Y275X50F0 Y330X50F0 Y330X180F0 Y330X180F0 Y385X50F0 Y385X330F0 Y275X290F0 Y330X290F0>
<0501175
OX-31160/XCM6090
Y-BFW-7155-A34A-SH1
Y-7155-BFW-16
AREA Y
NONE
.
. .
 
. 1 OF 5
12345
.
.>

seems to output as though it were:

Code:

<]01Y425X472 Y55X50F0 Y110X50F0 Y165X50F0 Y220X50F0 Y55X250F0 Y275X50F0 Y330X50F0 Y330X180F0 Y330X180F0 Y385X50F0 Y385X330F0 Y275X290F0 Y330X290F0>

<0501175

OX-31160/XCM6090

Y-BFW-7155-A34A-SH1

Y-7155-BFW-16

AREA Y

NONE

.

. .

 

. 1 OF 5

12345

.

.>

I can verify that the web server is outputting the former (and it looks correct if I send the wget output to console).

Guttorm · 10-05-2010, 08:57 AM

Hi

Since there is .asp in the link I guess you get the data from a Windows server. The end of line is different on Windows, so my guess is you need to translate it. There is a command called dos2unix that does this. You might need to install it. On Debian/Ubuntu it's in a package called tofrodos. Then you can use a command like this:

Code:

wget -q -O- http://<IP address>/<filename>.asp?LID=12345 |dos2unix >/dev/ttyS0

Schadrach · 10-05-2010, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guttorm

Hi

Since there is .asp in the link I guess you get the data from a Windows server. The end of line is different on Windows, so my guess is you need to translate it. There is a command called dos2unix that does this. You might need to install it. On Debian/Ubuntu it's in a package called tofrodos. Then you can use a command like this:

Code:

wget -q -O- http://<IP address>/<filename>.asp?LID=12345 |dos2unix >/dev/ttyS0

That resolved it. I'm confused why a windows machine doing

Code:

wget -q -O- <URL> > COM1:

wouldn't have that problem though. Shouldn't both cases be taking the data from the web server and sending it to the serial port as-is, or am I missing something?

I mean, I get the CRLF vs LF thing, but if I download <URL> from a server and send the output from that to a serial port directly, shouldn't I have gotten the same result regardless of the OS of the client? Or does wget convert newlines to native newlines?