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32.Dd $Mdocdate: November 7 2014 $
33.Dt MORSE 6
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm morse
37.Nd reformat input as morse code
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm morse
40.Op Fl d | s
41.Op Ar string ...
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45command reads the given input and reformats it in the form of morse code.
46Acceptable input are command line arguments or the standard input.
47.Pp
48The options are as follows:
49.Bl -tag -width Ds
50.It Fl d
51Decode dot-dash morse
52.Po
53as generated by the
54.Fl s
55option
56.Pc
57back into text.
58A lowercase
59.Sq x
60is printed for undecipherable input; otherwise, text is returned uppercase.
61If the morse to be translated is given on the command line, it should be
62preceded by
63.Sq --
64to keep it from being mistaken for options.
65.It Fl s
66Produce dots and dashes rather than words.
67.El
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Rs
70.%I ITU-T Recommendation F.1
71.%R "Operational provisions for the international public telegram service"
72.%O Division B, I. Morse code
73.Re
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