The following attemps to demonstrate the baud program, however the timing of the output has been lost in this document - something that needs to be observed. By default the baud program uses 2400 baud, which is the safest to run all commands through to prevent command overheating, brendan:/etc/ftpd> baud ls -l total 14 -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1249 Jun 4 2002 ftpaccess -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 551 Jun 4 2002 ftpconversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 104 Jun 4 2002 ftpgroups -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 108 Jun 4 2002 ftphosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 114 Jun 4 2002 ftpservers -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 180 Jun 10 2002 ftpusers The output is printed at 2400 baud. Ahh, the memories! This can be customised. Should a command misbehave, you should immediately try running in through slower speeds to check whether command heating is the problem. Here we try 300 baud, brendan:/etc/ftpd> baud -300 ls -l total 14 -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1249 Jun 4 2002 ftpaccess -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 551 Jun 4 2002 ftpconversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 104 Jun 4 2002 ftpgroups -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 108 Jun 4 2002 ftphosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 114 Jun 4 2002 ftpservers -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 180 Jun 10 2002 ftpusers Here the same command is run at 1200 baud, brendan:/etc/ftpd> baud -1200 ls -l total 14 -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1249 Jun 4 2002 ftpaccess -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 551 Jun 4 2002 ftpconversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 104 Jun 4 2002 ftpgroups -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 108 Jun 4 2002 ftphosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 114 Jun 4 2002 ftpservers -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 180 Jun 10 2002 ftpusers And now at 9600 baud, brendan:/etc/ftpd> baud -9600 ls -l total 14 -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1249 Jun 4 2002 ftpaccess -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 551 Jun 4 2002 ftpconversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 104 Jun 4 2002 ftpgroups -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 108 Jun 4 2002 ftphosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 114 Jun 4 2002 ftpservers -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 180 Jun 10 2002 ftpusers And now at 14400 baud, brendan:/etc/ftpd> baud -14400 ls -l total 14 -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1249 Jun 4 2002 ftpaccess -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 551 Jun 4 2002 ftpconversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 104 Jun 4 2002 ftpgroups -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 108 Jun 4 2002 ftphosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 114 Jun 4 2002 ftpservers -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 180 Jun 10 2002 ftpusers And now at 19200 baud, brendan:/etc/ftpd> baud -19200 ls -l total 14 -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1249 Jun 4 2002 ftpaccess -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 551 Jun 4 2002 ftpconversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 104 Jun 4 2002 ftpgroups -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 108 Jun 4 2002 ftphosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 114 Jun 4 2002 ftpservers -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 180 Jun 10 2002 ftpusers And now at 28800 baud, brendan:/etc/ftpd> baud -28800 ls -l total 14 -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1249 Jun 4 2002 ftpaccess -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 551 Jun 4 2002 ftpconversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 104 Jun 4 2002 ftpgroups -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 108 Jun 4 2002 ftphosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 114 Jun 4 2002 ftpservers -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 180 Jun 10 2002 ftpusers And now at 33600 baud, brendan:/etc/ftpd> baud -33600 ls -l total 14 -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1249 Jun 4 2002 ftpaccess -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 551 Jun 4 2002 ftpconversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 104 Jun 4 2002 ftpgroups -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 108 Jun 4 2002 ftphosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 114 Jun 4 2002 ftpservers -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 180 Jun 10 2002 ftpusers And now at 56600 baud, brendan:/etc/ftpd> baud -56600 ls -l total 14 -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1249 Jun 4 2002 ftpaccess -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 551 Jun 4 2002 ftpconversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 104 Jun 4 2002 ftpgroups -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 108 Jun 4 2002 ftphosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 114 Jun 4 2002 ftpservers -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 180 Jun 10 2002 ftpusers Sheer luxury!