Dial Modem From the Command-Line?

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Dial Modem From the Command-Line?

Is there any way to dial the modem from the command-line (Terminal)? In Tiger, there was a cool program, DialWithModem, that allowed me to make a phone call from Address Book. But it won't work in Leopard. It would be great if I could just dial and hang up the modem from the command-line in order to make a phone call.

Thanks,
Carl

15-Inch MacBook Pro, 2.2 GHz, 3GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jan 5, 2008 6:13 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 5, 2008 6:20 AM in response to Carl Sigmond

Why does it have to be from the command line? Most Mac users strive to avoid dealing with the terminal window. If you are open to other ideas, consider Phone Valet. It can dial phone numbers on a Mac plus do a whole lot more than that. I don't use Phone Valet, but a friend does and she raves about it. See http://www.parliant.com/products.html for details.

If that doesn't appeal to you, check http://www.versiontracker.com to see if you can find anything there that meets your needs.

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Answer 2

Jan 14, 2008 5:05 PM in response to Stanley Horwitz

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First of all: with all due respect, that is not a good answer and is one thing that drives people up the wall about Mac users: they think command line has no use. If someone is going out of their way to ask for a command line utility, they probably have a good reason. Batch files, access over ssh, etc. GUI isn't ideal for every situation.
</RANT>

As for me, I found this page via Google trying to find the answer to the same question.

I travel for work and would like to be able to use the command line to set/change my call forwarding number remotely via ssh... VNC is a PITA over slow connections. With a command line utility (in this instance I'll call it "modemdial"), I could go any machine on the internet and set my call forwarding like this:

ssh my.ip.address

login: My_login
password: ******

Welcome to my.ip.address!

judolphin> modemdial *73,5551234#

And my home phone would be forwarded to 555-1234.

Would be somewhat cool, don't you think?

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