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36.Dd May 31, 1993
37.Dt WORMS 6
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm worms
41.Nd animate worms on a display terminal
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm worms
44.Op Fl ft
45.Op Fl d Ar delay
46.Op Fl l Ar length
47.Op Fl n Ar number
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49A
50.Ux
51version of the DEC-2136 program
52.Dq worms .
53.Pp
54The options are as follows:
55.Bl -tag -width indent
56.It Fl f
57Makes a
58.Dq field
59for the worm(s) to eat.
60.It Fl t
61Makes each worm leave a trail behind it.
62.It Fl d
63Specifies a delay, in milliseconds, between each update.
64This is useful for fast terminals.
65Reasonable values are around 20-200.
66The default is 0.
67.It Fl l
68Specifies a length for each worm; the default is 16.
69.It Fl n
70Specifies the number of worms; the default is 3.
71.El
72.Sh BUGS
73The lower-right-hand character position will not be updated properly
74on a terminal that wraps at the right margin.
75