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Initial checkin for AIM92 aimR8.2 (last updated May 1997).

.TH ATOB 1 "2 September 1993"

.SH NAME
atob \-  ascii to binary conversion.

.SH SYNTAX
atob  [options]  [file]

.SH DESCRIPTION
Read ascii numbers (one per line) from the input stream until eof.
Write each number on the stdout in the given data type.

.SH OPTIONS

1. type

The output data type, which may be one of the list: char, short, int,
float, double, ascii.

Silent options for short, int and float are retained for compatibility with
earlier versions. If used, these override the type option.

.SH BUGS

When converting binary doubles or floats to ascii, and then back to
binary, there will be some difference between the binary files because
the ascii output is printed with limited precision.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
options btoa ftos stof

.SH COPYRIGHT
.LP
Copyright (c) Applied Psychology Unit, Medical Research Council, 1995
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software in a commercial product must obtain a license from the Medical 
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software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or 
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