PPT(6) FreeBSD Games Manual PPT(6)
NAME
ppt - reformat input as paper tape
SYNOPSIS
ppt [string ...]
ppt -d [-b]
DESCRIPTION
The ppt command reads the given input and reformats it in the form of
paper tape. Acceptable input are command line arguments or the standard
input.
The options are as follows:
-d [-b] Decode paper tape on the standard input back to ASCII.
Unprintable characters are visually encoded with vis(3) unless
the -b option (binary) is also specified. A lowercase `x' is
printed for undecipherable input lines.
SEE ALSO
bcd(6)
STANDARDS
ECMA-10, ECMA Standard for Data Interchange on Punched Tape.
HISTORY
The ppt command first appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe. The options -d and -b
first appeared in OpenBSD 3.3.
AUTHORS
Keith Bostic
Paul Janzen <
[email protected]>
Michael Shalayeff <
[email protected]>
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 November 18, 2014 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8