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PPT(6)				   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.	Unprint-
	      able characters are visually encoded with vis(3) unless the -b op-
	      tion (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 <pjanzen@foatdi.net>
     Michael Shalayeff <mickey@lucifier.net>

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	September 6, 2016			  PPT(6)

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