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37 .Nd display non-printable characters in a visual format
46 utility is a filter for converting non-printable characters
47 into a visual representation. It differs from
50 the form is unique and invertible. By default, all non-graphic
51 characters except space, tab, and newline are encoded.
52 A detailed description of the
53 various visual formats is given in
56 The options are as follows:
59 Turns off prepending of backslash before up-arrow control sequences
60 and meta characters, and disables the doubling of backslashes. This
61 produces output which is neither invertible or precise, but does
62 represent a minimum of change to the input. It is similar to
65 Request a format which displays a small subset of the
66 non-printable characters using C-style backslash sequences.
70 to fold output lines to foldwidth columns (default 80), like
73 that a hidden newline sequence is used, (which is removed
74 when inverting the file back to its original form with
76 If the last character in the encoded file does not end in a newline,
77 a hidden newline sequence is appended to the output.
79 the output usable with various editors and other utilities which
80 typically don't work with partial lines.
85 Mark newlines with the visible sequence
87 followed by the newline.
89 Turns off any encoding, except for the fact that backslashes are
90 still doubled and hidden newline sequences inserted if
94 is selected. When combined with the
99 an invertible version of the
101 utility. That is, the output
102 can be unfolded by running the output through
105 Request a format which displays non-printable characters as
106 an octal number, \eddd.
108 Only characters considered unsafe to send to a terminal are encoded.
109 This flag allows backspace, bell, and carriage return in addition
110 to the default space, tab and newline.
112 Tabs are also encoded.
114 White space (space-tab-newline) is also encoded.