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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers countdown in unix? Post 302310122 by ldapswandog on Thursday 23rd of April 2009 07:15:51 PM
Old 04-23-2009
This will keep the counter on the same line.
Code:
--> cnt=10;until (( $cnt == 0 )); do echo -ne "\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\bcount=$cnt ";s
leep 1;cnt=$(expr $cnt - 1);done

 

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hipercdecode(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   hipercdecode(1)

NAME
hipercdecode - Decode a HIPERC stream into human readable form. SYNOPSIS
hipercdecode [options] <hiperc-file DESCRIPTION
hipercdecode decodes a HIPERC stream into human readable form. Uncompressed and JBIG formats are handled. An HIPERC stream is the printer langauge used by the Oki Data C310dn, C3100, C3200n, C3250n, C3300n, C3400n, C5100n, C5250n, C5500n, C5600, and the C5800n printers. COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
These are the options that can appear on the command line. -d basename Basename of .pbm file for saving decompressed planes. -h Print hex file offsets. -o Print file offsets. -D level Set Debug level [0]. EXAMPLES
Decode an HIPERC stream file created by foo2hiperc. $ foo2hiperc-wrapper testpage.ps | hipercdecode -h 0: 33%-12345X@PJL f: @PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = "Unknown" 30: @PJL SET OKIJOBACCOUNTJOB USERID="Unknown" JOBNAME="Unknown" 6e: @PJL SET OKIAUXJOBINFO DATA="DocumentName=Unknown" a2: @PJL SET OKIAUXJOBINFO DATA="ComputerName=dual.rkkda.org" dd: @PJL SET OKIAUXJOBINFO DATA="ReceptionTime=00:00:00 2008/01/30" 11e: @PJL SET OKIAUTOTRAYSWITCH=ON 13d: @PJL SET OKIPAPERSIZECHECK=ENABLE 160: @PJL SET RESOLUTION=600 179: @PJL SET PAPER=LETTER 190: @PJL SET OKITRAYSEQUENCE=PAPERFEEDTRAY 1b8: @PJL SET OKIPAPERFEED=TRAY1 1d5: @PJL SET OKIMEDIATYPE = PLAIN 1f4: @PJL SET LPARM:PCL OKIPRINTMARGIN=INCH1D6 21f: @PJL SET COPIES=1 232: @PJL SET QTY=1 242: @PJL SET HIPERCEFFECTIVEBLOCKSIZE=34799360 26e: @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=HIPERC 289: RECTYPE 0 (len=52,0x34 cnt=1) 291: BLKNUM 0, nbie=1, pn=3 [black] uc=0,0, wid=4864 ud=0,100 2a5: BLKNUM 1 (len=20), uncompressed=1, bie: DL = 48, D = 48, P = 49, - = 48, XY = 4864 x 6816 L0 = 256, MX = 0, MY = 0 Order = 0 Options = 0 1 stripes, 0 layers, 49 planes 2bd: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=1) 2c5: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 2cd: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 262d1: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=2) 262d9: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 262e1: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 4c2e5: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=3) 4c2ed: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 4c2f5: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 722f9: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=4) 72301: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 72309: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 9830d: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=5) 98315: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 9831d: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... be321: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=6) be329: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 be331: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... e4335: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=7) e433d: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 e4345: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 10a349: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=8) 10a351: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 10a359: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 13035d: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=9) 130365: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 13036d: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 156371: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=10) 156379: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 156381: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 17c385: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=11) 17c38d: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 17c395: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 1a2399: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=12) 1a23a1: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 1a23a9: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 1c83ad: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=13) 1c83b5: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 1c83bd: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 1ee3c1: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=14) 1ee3c9: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 1ee3d1: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 2143d5: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=15) 2143dd: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 2143e5: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 23a3e9: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=16) 23a3f1: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 23a3f9: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 2603fd: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=17) 260405: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 26040d: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 286411: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=18) 286419: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 286421: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 2ac425: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=19) 2ac42d: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 2ac435: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 2d2439: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=20) 2d2441: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 2d2449: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 2f844d: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=21) 2f8455: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 2f845d: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 31e461: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=22) 31e469: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 31e471: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 344475: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=23) 34447d: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 344485: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 36a489: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=24) 36a491: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 36a499: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 39049d: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=25) 3904a5: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 3904ad: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 3b64b1: RECTYPE 1 (len=155668,0x26014 cnt=26) 3b64b9: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 3b64c1: BLKNUM 1 (len=155648), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 3dc4c5: RECTYPE 1 (len=97300,0x17c14 cnt=27) 3dc4cd: BLKNUM 0 (len=4), plane=3, uc=0,0,0 3dc4d5: BLKNUM 1 (len=97280), Data=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ... 3f40d9: RECTYPE 255 (len=8,0x8 cnt=28) 3f40e1: 33%-12345X FILES
/usr/bin/hipercdecode SEE ALSO
foo2hiperc-wrapper(1), foo2hiperc(1) AUTHOR
Rick Richardson <rick.richardson@comcast.net> http://foo2hiperc.rkkda.com/
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