u-a < shorts > asciiU-A(1)
NAME
u-a - convert binary unsigned shorts to ASCII numbers
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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
u-a reads a stream of machine-native 16-bit unsigned short integers from standard input and writes their decimal values, one per line, to standard output as ASCII text. Each value is printed with the %hd format, so values are rendered as signed short integers (those above 32767 appear as negative numbers).
The command takes no options and no arguments; all data is passed through standard input and standard output. Related converters that read the same binary unsigned-short stream include u-bw(1), u-d(1), and u-f(1).
This command is deprecated and is scheduled for removal; it prints a deprecation warning on startup.
EXAMPLES
Example 1. Inspect raw 16-bit sample data as text
u-a < samples.u | headDecodes the binary unsigned-short stream in samples.u and shows the first ten decimal sample values, a quick way to sanity-check captured 16-bit data.
Example 2. Compute statistics on a binary short stream
u-a < signal.u | dstatsConverts the binary shorts to ASCII and pipes them to dstats(1) to report the minimum, maximum, mean, and other descriptive statistics of the sample values.
SEE ALSO
brlcad(1), u-bw(1), u-d(1), u-f(1), a-d(1), dstats(1)
AUTHOR
BRL-CAD Team
COPYRIGHT
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