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1.1       root        1: .TH ASCII 1 
                      2: .CT 1 inst_info
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: ascii \- interpret ASCII characters
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B ascii
                      7: [
                      8: .BI -oxdb n
                      9: ]
                     10: [
                     11: .B -nct
                     12: ]
                     13: [
                     14: .B -e
                     15: ]
                     16: [
                     17: .I text
                     18: ]
                     19: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     20: .I Ascii
                     21: prints the
                     22: .SM  ASCII 
                     23: values corresponding to characters and
                     24: .I vice
                     25: .IR versa .
                     26: The values are interpreted in a settable numeric base;
                     27: .B -o
                     28: specifies octal (the default),
                     29: .B -d
                     30: decimal,
                     31: .B -x
                     32: hexadecimal, and
                     33: .BI -b n
                     34: base
                     35: .I n.
                     36: .PP
                     37: With no arguments,
                     38: .I ascii
                     39: reproduces
                     40: .F /usr/pub/ascii
                     41: in the specified base.
                     42: Characters of
                     43: .I text
                     44: are converted to their
                     45: .SM  ASCII 
                     46: values, one per line.
                     47: If, however, the first
                     48: .I text
                     49: argument
                     50: is a valid number in the specified base, conversion
                     51: goes the opposite way.
                     52: Control characters are printed as they appear in
                     53: .FR /usr/pub/ascii .
                     54: Other options are:
                     55: .TP
                     56: .B -n
                     57: Force numeric output.
                     58: .TP
                     59: .B -c
                     60: Force character output.
                     61: .TP
                     62: .B -t
                     63: Convert from numbers to running text; do not interpret
                     64: control characters or insert newlines.
                     65: .TP
                     66: .B -e
                     67: Interpret remaining arguments as
                     68: .I text.
                     69: .SH EXAMPLES
                     70: .TP
                     71: .L "ascii -d"
                     72: Print the
                     73: .SM  ASCII 
                     74: table base 10.
                     75: .TP
                     76: .L "ascii p"
                     77: Print the octal value of `p'.
                     78: .TP
                     79: .L "ascii 160"
                     80: Show which character is octal 160.
                     81: .SH "SEE ALSO
                     82: .IR ascii (6)

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