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.\"	@(#)worms.6	6.3 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.UC 7
.TH WORMS 6 ""
.UC 4
.SH NAME
worms  \-  animate worms on a display terminal
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B worms
[
.B \-ft
] [
.B \-length
# ] [
.B \-number
# ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.ad b
Brian Horn (cithep!bdh) showed me a
.I TOPS-20
program on the DEC-2136 machine called
.IR WORM ,
and suggested that I write a similar program that would run under
.IR Unix .
I did, and no apologies.
.PP
The options are as follows:
.TP
.I -f
makes a ``field'' for the worm(s) to eat.
.TP
.I -t
causes each worm to leave a trail behind it.
.PP
You can figure out the rest by yourself.
.SH AUTHOR
Eric P. Scott
.SH BUGS
The lower-right-hand character position will not be updated properly
on a terminal that wraps at the right margin.
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019a2343 KB	16	.\" @(#)worms.6 6.3 (Berkeley) %G%
	17	.\"
	18	.UC 7
0555f703	19	.TH WORMS 6 ""
71f88c5b KM	20	.UC 4
	21	.SH NAME
	22	worms \- animate worms on a display terminal
	23	.SH SYNOPSIS
019a2343	24	.B worms
71f88c5b	25	[
be8e8cf8	26	.B \-ft
71f88c5b	27	] [
bea29141	28	.B \-length
71f88c5b	29	# ] [
bea29141	30	.B \-number
be8e8cf8	31	# ]
71f88c5b KM	32	.SH DESCRIPTION
	33	.ad b
	34	Brian Horn (cithep!bdh) showed me a
	35	.I TOPS-20
	36	program on the DEC-2136 machine called
	37	.IR WORM ,
	38	and suggested that I write a similar program that would run under
	39	.IR Unix .
	40	I did, and no apologies.
	41	.PP
019a2343 KB	42	The options are as follows:
	43	.TP
	44	.I -f
	45	makes a ``field'' for the worm(s) to eat.
	46	.TP
	47	.I -t
	48	causes each worm to leave a trail behind it.
	49	.PP
	50	You can figure out the rest by yourself.
71f88c5b KM	51	.SH AUTHOR
71f88c5b KM	52	Eric P. Scott
71f88c5b KM	53	.SH BUGS
	54	The lower-right-hand character position will not be updated properly
	55	on a terminal that wraps at the right margin.