03-27-2008
Yes, but you have the correct syntax elsewhere, so copy/paste whatever works to inside the backticks and you should be all set.
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VM(1) mgetty VM(1)
NAME
vm - VoiceModem is the program for handling the voice modem functionality from shell scripts
ACTIONS
beep options [<frequency [<length in 0.001sec>]]>
diagnostics options device name (e.g. ttyS2
dial options phone number
help
play options [<file names]+>
record options file name
shell options [<shell script [shell options]]>
wait options [<time in seconds]>
devicetest
OPTIONS
-c n use compression type n
-d n set i/o device
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-v verbose output
-w use off / on hook signal from local handset to start and stop recording
-x n set debug level
-L n set maximum recording length in sec
-P print first DTMF tone on stdout and exit
-R read and print DTMF string on stdout and exit
-S s set default shell for shell scripts (e.g. -S /bin/sh)
-T n set silence timeout in 0.1sec
-V n set silence threshold to <n> (0-100%%)
SEE ALSO
vgetty(1)
POD ERRORS
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Around line 30:
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Around line 32:
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Around line 71:
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