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34.\"	@(#)bcd.6	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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36.Dd May 31, 1993
37.Dt BCD 6
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm bcd ,
41.Nm ppt ,
42.Nm morse
43.Nd "reformat input as punch cards, paper tape or morse code"
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Op Ar string ...
47.Nm ppt
48.Op Ar string ...
49.Nm morse
50.Op Fl ds Ar string ...
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Nm "" ,
54.Nm ppt
55and
56.Nm morse
57commands read the given input and reformat it in the form of
58punched cards, paper tape or morse code respectively.
59Acceptable input are command line arguments or the standard input.
60.Pp
61Available option:
62.Bl -tag -width flag
63.It Fl s
64The
65.Fl s
66option for morse produces dots and dashes rather than words.
67.It Fl d
68Decode morse output consisting of dots and slashes (as generated
69by using the
70.Fl s
71option.
72.El
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Rs
75.%B "ISO 1681:1973: Information processing--Unpunched paper cards--Specification"
76.Re
77.Rs
78.%B "ISO 1682:1973: Information processing--80 columns punched paper cards--Dimensions and location of rectangular punched holes"
79.Re
80.Rs
81.%B "ECMA-10: ECMA Standard for Data Interchange on Punched Tape"
82.Re
83.Rs
84.%B "ITU-T Recommendation F.1: Operational provisions for the international public telegram service"
85.%O "Division B, I. Morse code"
86.Re
87