#!/usr/bin/python2.7
import serial
import os
import string


#button0 = "User Pressed button: 0"



ser = serial.Serial(
    port='/dev/ttyUSB0',\
    baudrate=9600,\
    parity=serial.PARITY_NONE,\
    stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_ONE,\
    bytesize=serial.EIGHTBITS,\
    #timeout=None) #doesn't work
timeout=0)

line = []

print("connected to: " + ser.portstr)

while True:
#	line = ser.readline(); #this adds extra new lines in random spots, wut
#	line = ser.read().splitlines() #this makes everything like \g in mysql
#	line = ser.read().rstrip('\n') #does similar to above, without brackets
        line = ser.readline().rstrip('\n') # this fails to remove line breaks. fuck pyserial
	if line:
#		print(line.splitlines()) # also doesn't work
		print(line)

#ser.close()