.Dd August 25, 1996
.Dt CODE-TO-CHAR 1
.Os NetBSD 1.2BETA
.Sh NAME
.Nm code-to-char
.Nd convert character codes to characters
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm code-to-char
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a simple filter.  It reads its input; whenever it finds a string of
digits in the input, it takes them as a number (in decimal) and
generates one byte of output, whose character code is the number read.
Input characters that aren't digits are completely ignored, except
insofar as they serve to separate numbers that would otherwise merge.
For example, assuming ASCII character codes (f is 102, o is 111,
newline is 10), then
.Dl echo 102 111:::111 and 10 | code-to-char
will produce
.Dl foo
(with the trailing newline) as output.
.Pp
.Nm
takes no options; indeed, the current version completely ignores its
command line.
.Pp
Numbers that are too large to be valid character codes are silently
truncated.
.Sh AUTHOR
der Mouse,
.Aq mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca .