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How to read text messages from USB modem
# Full instructions: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/en/man8/mmcli.8.html
# Examples: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/en/man8/mmcli.8.html#examples
# Supported modems: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ModemManager/SupportedDevices/
# Get list of connected modems.
mmcli --list-modems
# Output:
# Found 1 modems:
# /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/1 [huawei] E3531
# The number at the end of the path is the modem index.
# In this case, that's the 1. We will use that to target
# the modem in all future commands:
# mmcli -m 1 ...
# Get list of received text messages
mmcli --modem 1 --messaging-list-sms
# Output:
# Found 1 SMS messages:
# /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/SMS/0 (received)
# The number at the end of the path is the SMS index.
# Display the received text message
mmcli --modem 1 --sms 0
# Output:
# SMS '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/SMS/0'
# -----------------------------------
# Content | number: '+3376660xxxx'
# | text: 'Hello Finn'
# -----------------------------------
# Properties | PDU type: 'deliver'
# | state: 'received'
# | storage: 'me'
# | smsc: '+3369500xxxx'
# | timestamp: '191227144612+01'
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IreshMM commented Jul 26, 2023

this was helpful. thanks you!

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