barcode

NAME

barcode - a standalone program to convert text strings to printed bars

SYNOPSIS

barcode [[-b - | string] | [-i - | input_file]] [-e encoding] [-o - | outfile] [ other-flags ]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the barcode command as provided by barcode package.

GNU barcode is a standalone program that converts text strings to printed bars. It is able to read user supplied strings from the command line or a data file (standard input by default) and encode all of them.

OPTIONS

barcode accepts the following options:

--help or -h: Print a usage summary and exit.

-i <arg>: Specify input file (strings to encode), default is stdin

-o <arg>: Specify output file, default is stdout

-b <arg>: Specify string to encode (use input file if missing)

-e <arg>: Specify encoding type (default is best fit for first string)

-u <arg>: Specify unit to be used ("mm", "in", ...). This option is used to decode -g, -t and -p.

-g <arg>: Specify geometry on the page: [<wid>x<hei>][+<margin>+<margin>]

-t <arg>: Specify table geometry: <cols>x<lines>[+<margin>+<margin>]

-m <arg>: Specify internal margin for each item in a table: <xm>[,<ym>]

-n: Be "numeric": avoid printing text along with the bars

-c: no Checksum character, if the chosen encoding allows it

-E: Print one code as eps file (default: multi-page ps)

-S: Print one code as svg file (default: multi-page ps)

-P: Create PCL output instead of postscript

-p <arg>: Specify page size. Please refer to texinfo doc for more information.

-s: Use streaming mode. Please refer to texinfo doc for more information.

ENCODING TYPES

The program encodes text strings passed either on the command line (with -b) or retrieved from standard input. The text representation is interpreted according to certain rules. Please refer to texinfo doc as described below for detail introduction.

To get a list of supported encoding type names, please call the program with "-h" option.