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I-A(1)

NAME

i-a - convert binary short integers to ASCII

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SYNOPSIS

i-a < shorts > ascii

DESCRIPTION

i-a reads a stream of machine-native 16-bit signed short integers from standard input and writes each value as a decimal number in ASCII text, one value per line, to standard output.

The command takes no options or arguments; it operates purely as a filter between standard input and standard output. Related converters include i-d(1) and i-f(1), which turn short integers into binary doubles and floats respectively.

This command is deprecated and is scheduled for removal; it prints a deprecation warning on startup.

EXAMPLES

Example 1. Inspect the integer samples in a binary file
i-a < samples.i | head

Decodes the 16-bit integers stored in samples.i and prints the first ten values as human-readable decimal numbers, one per line, which is useful for spot-checking raw signal or sample data.

SEE ALSO

brlcad(1), i-d(1), i-f(1)

AUTHOR

BRL-CAD Team

This software is Copyright (c) 1989-2026 by the United States Government as represented by U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

BUG REPORTS

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org