tomwalters@0: .TH SWAB 1 "14 September 1993" tomwalters@0: tomwalters@0: .SH NAME tomwalters@0: swab \- Swap byte order of binary 2-byte data. tomwalters@0: tomwalters@0: .SH SYNTAX tomwalters@0: swab [options] [files] tomwalters@0: tomwalters@0: .SH DESCRIPTION tomwalters@0: tomwalters@0: For each input file in turn, tomwalters@0: read and write binary shorts (2-bytes), swapping the byte order of each. tomwalters@0: With no filename arguments, data is expected on the stdin. tomwalters@0: tomwalters@0: .SH OPTIONS tomwalters@0: tomwalters@0: output. tomwalters@0: tomwalters@0: The `output' option specifies the name of a single output file to be the tomwalters@0: destination for swapped data from all input files. tomwalters@0: The name "stdout" is recognised as the standard output. tomwalters@0: When the "output=off" the output overwrites each respective input file. tomwalters@0: (The respective output for the stdin is the stdout). tomwalters@0: tomwalters@0: .SH COPYRIGHT tomwalters@0: .LP tomwalters@0: Copyright (c) Applied Psychology Unit, Medical Research Council, 1995 tomwalters@0: .LP tomwalters@0: Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software without fee tomwalters@0: is hereby granted for research purposes, provided that this copyright tomwalters@0: notice appears in all copies and in all supporting documentation, and that tomwalters@0: the software is not redistributed for any fee (except for a nominal tomwalters@0: shipping charge). Anyone wanting to incorporate all or part of this tomwalters@0: software in a commercial product must obtain a license from the Medical tomwalters@0: Research Council. tomwalters@0: .LP tomwalters@0: The MRC makes no representations about the suitability of this tomwalters@0: software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or tomwalters@0: implied warranty. tomwalters@0: .LP tomwalters@0: THE MRC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING tomwalters@0: ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL tomwalters@0: THE A.P.U. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES tomwalters@0: OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, tomwalters@0: WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, tomwalters@0: ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS tomwalters@0: SOFTWARE. tomwalters@0: