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+.\" $NetBSD: bcd.6,v 1.19 2019/09/02 08:26:00 wiz Exp $
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.\" @(#)bcd.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
.\"
-.Dd May 31, 1993
-.Dt "BCD" 6
+.Dd September 1, 2019
+.Dt BCD 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm bcd ,
.Nm
.Op Ar string ...
.Nm ppt
-.Op Ar string ...
+.Op Fl d Ns \&| Ns Ar string ...
.Nm morse
-.Op Fl s Ar string ...
+.Op Fl ds Ar string ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm "" ,
+.Nm ,
.Nm ppt
and
.Nm morse
.Fl s
option for morse produces dots and dashes rather than words.
.It Fl d
-Decode morse output consisting of dots and slashes (as generated
-by using the
+Decode
+.Nm ppt
+output, or
+.Nm morse
+output consisting of dots and dashes (as generated by using the
.Fl s
-option.
+option).
.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Rs
+.%B "ISO 1681:1973: Information processing--Unpunched paper cards--Specification"
+.Re
+.Rs
+.%B "ISO 1682:1973: Information processing--80 columns punched paper cards--Dimensions and location of rectangular punched holes"
+.Re
+.Rs
+.%B "ECMA-10: ECMA Standard for Data Interchange on Punched Tape"
+.Re
+.Rs
+.%B "ITU-T Recommendation F.1: Operational provisions for the international public telegram service"
+.%O "Division B, I. Morse code"
+.Re
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm bcd
+utility appeared in
+.At v1 .
+The current implementation originates from a rewrite included in
+.Bx 4.3 reno .