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Esptool.py Documentation
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This is the documentation for ``esptool.py`` - a Python-based, open source, platform independent serial communication tool. Esptool communicates with the ROM bootloader (or flasher stub) in `Espressif SoCs <https://www.espressif.com/en/products/hardware/socs>`_.
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This is the documentation for ``esptool.py`` - a Python-based, open-source, platform-independent utility for flashing, provisioning, and interacting with Espressif SoCs. Esptool communicates with the ROM bootloader (or the flasher stub) in `Espressif SoCs <https://www.espressif.com/en/products/hardware/socs>`_.
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The flasher stub is a small program included with esptool that replaces the original ROM bootloader in the chip to fix some of its limitations and bugs. See :ref:`stub` for more details.
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``esptool.py``, ``espefuse.py`` and ``espsecure.py`` are a complete toolset for working with Espressif chips. They can do a number of things, for example:
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**Migration Steps:**
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1. Replace all underscores in command and option names with ``-`` in your scripts and CI pipelines.
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Log Format Changes
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A significant amount of changes have been made to the log styling and formatting in ``v5``. Some of the messages, warnings, and errors are now formatted differently or reworded to provide more context and improve readability. Exhaustive list of changed messages won't be provided.
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**Migration Steps:**
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1. Make sure to adjust any of your scripts, asserts, CI workflows, or others to accommodate the new/changed format of messages. If you are parsing the log output (not recommended), consider importing esptool as a module and using the public API (see :ref:`here <scripting>`) to get the information you need.
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