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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	 stan-
       dard input.

       The options are as follows:

       -d [-b]	Decode	paper  tape  on	the standard input back	to ASCII.  Un-
		printable 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 <pjanzen@foatdi.net>
       Michael Shalayeff <mickey@lucifier.net>

FreeBSD	Ports 14.quarterly     September 6, 2016			PPT(6)

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