* [9fans] the backporting continues - /. stories maybe of interest
@ 2003-05-28 22:32 John Stalker
2003-05-28 22:38 ` [9fans] bcd ron minnich
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From: John Stalker @ 2003-05-28 22:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>:
>speaking of which, does anybody know if there is a program out there to
>take lines of text and display them as punch cards? I don't know why I
>want this, but I do.
>Manila is the preferred color.
>ron
How about this?
$bcd
Hello world!
________________________________________________
/HELLO WORLD! |
|]] ] |
| ]]] ]]] |
| ] ] |
|111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111|
|222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222|
|33]]33333]33333333333333333333333333333333333333|
|4444444444]4444444444444444444444444444444444444|
|5]5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555|
|6666]6]]6666666666666666666666666666666666666666|
|77777777777]777777777777777777777777777777777777|
|]8888888888]888888888888888888888888888888888888|
|99999999]999999999999999999999999999999999999999|
|________________________________________________|
$ man bcd
BCD(6) FreeBSD Games Manual BCD(6)
NAME
bcd, ppt - reformat input as punch cards or paper tape
SYNOPSIS
bcd [string ...]
ppt [string ...]
DESCRIPTION
The commands bcd and ppt read the given input and reformat it in the form
of punched cards or paper tape. Acceptable input are command line argu-
ments or the standard input.
--
John Stalker
Department of Mathematics
Princeton University
(609)258-6469
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