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.TH "A8XD" 1 "2024-06-30" "0.2.1" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools"
.SH NAME
a8xd \- Atari 8-bit ATASCII-aware hex dump
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fIa8xd\fP [\fB\-i\fP] [\fB\-l\fP \fIlimit\fP] [\fB\-m\fP] [\fB\-o\fP offset] [\fB\-s\fP \fI[\-]seek\fP] [\fB\-u\fP] [\fB\-v\fP] [\fIinfile\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
\fBa8xd\fP is a hex dump utility, similar to \fBxxd\fP(1), but it
understands and prints ATASCII characters rather than ASCII.
.sp
The ATASCII codes are converted to UTF\-8, in the same way as
\fBa8cat\fP(1). Codes with the high bit set are displayed in inverse
video, using ANSI/VT\-100 escape sequences.
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By default, the output is colorized:
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.IP \(bu 2
Normal characters are green. This includes alphanumerics, spaces, and
punctuation.
.IP \(bu 2
Codes \fB$00\fP (null, or ATASCII heart) and \fB$9B\fP (EOL) are red.
.IP \(bu 2
Control characters are yellow. This includes codes \fB$01\fP to \fB$1F\fP
(control + letters/punctuation, escape, and arrow keys), \fB$60\fP, \fB$7B\fP, \fB$7D\fP
(clear screen), \fB$7E\fP (backspace), and \fB$7F\fP (tab).
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The colors and inverse rendering apply to both the ATASCII and hex bytes.
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Without \fIinfile\fP, or if \fIinfile\fP is \fB\-\fP, \fBa8xd\fP reads from standard input.
.SH OPTIONS
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.B  \-a
ANTIC mode: treat the input as screen bytes. Can usefully be combined
with \fB\-g\fP\&.
.TP
.B  \-i
Print XL/XE International Character Set conversions instead of ATASCII.
.TP
.B  \-g
Graphics mode. Changes the colorization so it looks like \fIGRAPHICS 1\fP (or 2)
on the Atari.
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.TP
.B \-l \fIlen\fP
Stop after dumping \fIlen\fP bytes. \fIlen\fP may be given in decimal or hex (with
leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP).
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.TP
.B  \-m
Monochrome mode. Disables color, but ATASCII characters with the high bit
set are still displayed in inverse.
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.B \-o \fIoffset\fP
Add \fIoffset\fP to displayed file position. \fIoffset\fP can be given in decimal
or hex (with leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP). Negative offsets are allowed, but they
will be printed as very large positive numbers in the output (this matches
\fBxxd\fP\(aqs behaviour).
.TP
.B \-s \fI[\-]seek\fP
Start at \fIseek\fP bytes. Without \fI\-\fP, this is an absolute offset. With \fI\-\fP,
it\(aqs relative to the end of the file. The \fI\-\fP option won\(aqt work when
reading from standard input. \fIseek\fP may be given in decimal or hex
(with leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP).
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.TP
.B  \-u
Use uppercase letters for hex digits; the default is lowercase.
.TP
.B  \-v
Verbose. Shows various debug messages that are probably only useful
if you\(aqre hacking on \fBa8xd\fP\&.
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.B \fB\-\-\fP
End of options; the next argument is the filename. Use this if you\(aqre
trying to work with files whose names begin with \fI\-\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
Show built\-in help and exit.
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.B \fB\-\-version\fP
Show version number and exit.
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.SH NOTES
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\fBa8xd\fP requires the terminal emulator to support UTF\-8 and use a
font with the necessary glyphs. The author has tested extensively
with \fBurxvt\fP(1) (aka \fBrxvt\-unicode\fP) and \fBxterm\fP(1), using
the \fIDeja Vu Sans Mono\fP, \fIJetBrains Mono\fP, \fILiberation Mono\fP,
and \fISymbola\fP fonts. Also \fBkitty\fP(1), \fBxfce4\-terminal\fP(1),
KDE/Plasma 5\(aqs \fBkonsole\fP(1), \fBgnome\-terminal\fP(1) 3.43.90, and
\fBst\fP(1) from suckless.org have been lightly tested and seem to work
fine. Even the Linux console works, except that you won\(aqt be able to
find a console font with all the necessary glyphs (I may create one
someday).
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\fBa8xd\fP only supports terminals that use ANSI\-style escape sequences
for color and inverse video. This isn\(aqt much of a limitation, since
all modern X, Wayland, Mac, etc terminal emulators have support for
this... but it might annoy you if you\(aqre trying to use an Atari ST
with a VT52 emulator as a serial terminal. Sorry.
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\fBa8xd\fP supports a useful subset of \fBxxd\fP(1) options. The main things
missing are:
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\fB\-r\fP (revert).
.IP \(bu 2
\fB\-include\fP (output as C include) and all options related to it.
.IP \(bu 2
\fB\-g\fP (grouping; \fBa8xd\fP always uses a group size of 1 byte).
.IP \(bu 2
\fB\-E\fP (EBCDIC mode).
.IP \(bu 2
\fB\-p\fP (PostScript/continuous dump).
.IP \(bu 2
\fB\-cols\fP (\fBa8xd\fP only supports 16 column dumps).
.IP \(bu 2
\fB\-b\fP (bits mode).
.IP \(bu 2
support for files larger than 2GB. This won\(aqt be a problem for Atari 8\-bit\-related files!
.IP \(bu 2
replacing duplicate lines in the output with \fB*\fP\&.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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WTFPL. See \fI\%http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/\fP for details.
.SH AUTHOR
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.IP B. 3
Watson <\fI\%urchlay@slackware.uk\fP>; Urchlay on irc.libera.chat \fI##atari\fP\&.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBa8eol\fP(1),
\fBa8utf8\fP(1),
\fBatr2xfd\fP(1),
\fBatrsize\fP(1),
\fBaxe\fP(1),
\fBblob2c\fP(1),
\fBblob2xex\fP(1),
\fBcart2xex\fP(1),
\fBcxrefbas\fP(1),
\fBdasm2atasm\fP(1),
\fBdumpbas\fP(1),
\fBf2toxex\fP(1),
\fBfenders\fP(1),
\fBlistbas\fP(1),
\fBprotbas\fP(1),
\fBrenumbas\fP(1),
\fBrom2cart\fP(1),
\fBunmac65\fP(1),
\fBunprotbas\fP(1),
\fBvxrefbas\fP(1),
\fBxexamine\fP(1),
\fBxexcat\fP(1),
\fBxexsplit\fP(1),
\fBxfd2atr\fP(1),
\fBxex\fP(5),
\fBatascii\fP(7).
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Any good Atari 8\-bit book: \fIDe Re Atari\fP, \fIThe Atari BASIC  Reference
Manual\fP,  the  \fIOS Users\(aq Guide\fP, \fIMapping the Atari\fP, etc.
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