| lptest.1 (79537) | lptest.1 (95127) |
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| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.sbin/lpr/lptest/lptest.1 79537 2001-07-10 15:12:08Z ru $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.sbin/lpr/lptest/lptest.1 95127 2002-04-20 12:27:18Z charnier $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd December 30, 1993 36.Dt LPTEST 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm lptest 40.Nd generate lineprinter ripple pattern 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Ar length 44.Op Ar count 45.Sh DESCRIPTION | 34.\" 35.Dd December 30, 1993 36.Dt LPTEST 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm lptest 40.Nd generate lineprinter ripple pattern 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Ar length 44.Op Ar count 45.Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 46.Nm Lptest 47writes the traditional "ripple test" pattern on standard output. | 46The 47.Nm 48utility writes the traditional "ripple test" pattern on standard output. |
| 48In 96 lines, 49this pattern will print all 96 printable 50.Tn ASCII 51characters 52in each position. 53While originally created to test printers, it is quite 54useful for testing terminals, 55driving terminal ports for debugging purposes, --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 65argument specifies the number of output lines to be generated if 66the default count of 200 is inappropriate. 67Note that if 68.Ar count 69is to be specified, 70.Ar length 71must be also be specified. 72.Sh HISTORY | 49In 96 lines, 50this pattern will print all 96 printable 51.Tn ASCII 52characters 53in each position. 54While originally created to test printers, it is quite 55useful for testing terminals, 56driving terminal ports for debugging purposes, --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 66argument specifies the number of output lines to be generated if 67the default count of 200 is inappropriate. 68Note that if 69.Ar count 70is to be specified, 71.Ar length 72must be also be specified. 73.Sh HISTORY |
| 73.Nm Lptest 74appeared in | 74A 75.Nm 76utility appeared in |
| 75.Bx 4.3 . | 77.Bx 4.3 . |