NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     bcd, ppt, morse - reformat input as punch cards, paper  tape
or morse code

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     bcd [string ...]
     ppt [-d [-b]] [string ...]
     morse [-s | -d] [string ...]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  bcd,  ppt,  and morse commands read the given input and
reformat it in
     the form of punched cards, paper tape, or  morse  code,  respectively.  Acceptable
  input  are  command line arguments or the standard
input.

     Available options for ppt:

     -d    The -d option for ppt decodes paper tape on the  standard input back
           to ASCII.  Unprintable characters are visually encoded
with vis(3)
           unless the -b flag (binary) is also specified.  A lowercase `x' is
           printed for undecipherable input lines.

     Available options for morse:

     -s     The  -s  option  for  morse  produces dots and dashes
rather than words.

     -d    The -d option for morse  decodes  dot-dash  morse  (as
generated by
           using  the -s option) back into text.  A lowercase `x'
is printed
           for undecipherable input; otherwise, text is  returned
uppercase.
           If  the morse to be translated is given on the command
line, it
           should be preceded by `--' to keep it from being  mistaken for options.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     ISO 1681:1973 Information processing--Unpunched paper
     cards--Specification.

     ISO  1682:1973  Information  processing--80  columns punched
paper
     cards--Dimensions and location of rectangular punched holes.

     ECMA-10  ECMA Standard for Data Interchange on Punched Tape.

     ITU-T Recommendation  F.1  Operational  provisions  for  the
international
     public telegram service, Division B, I. Morse code.

OpenBSD      3.6                           May      31,      1993