iec16022(1)

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✨ iec16022(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual glow-up of iec16022(1) 💅 this is the whole lore, no skips.

🎀 NAME 🎀

iec16022 — the program that generates 2d barcodes. that's it. that's the girl. periodt 🌈

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

iec16022 [options]

literally just her and her options. iconic behavior.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This manual page documents, briefly, the iec16022 command. (briefly! she's mysterious, she's lowkey.)

iec16022 generates 2d barcodes conforming to the ISO/IEC 16022 standard. and before you ask, yes, that standard is also known as Data Matrix and Semacode 🫶 so if you've ever seen one of those little square pixel-art-looking barcodes on a package? that's the vibe. that's her.

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

so these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, bestie — long options start with two dashes (-). a summary of options is included below, and every single one is here, no gatekeeping:

  • -s, --size WxH — sets the size of the generated barcode. you want it big? small? WxH, you decide. main character energy. 👑
  • -c, --barcode text — specifies the text to be encoded. like, the actual message going inside the barcode. this is the whole point tbh.
  • --ecc 000|050|080|100|140|200 — sets the type of ecc to be used. default is 200. (ecc = error correction, and no, you don't need to know more than that to use it. iykyk.)
  • -i, --infile filename — read input data from file. feeding her from a file instead of the command line, slay.
  • -o, --outfile filenmae — save output to file, instead of sending it to standard output. 🫶 (and yes, it is literally spelled filenmae in the source, i'm not fixing it, it's part of the culture now, it's iconic.)
  • -f, --format Text|UTF-8|EPS|Bin|Hex|Stamp|PNG — set the output type. pick your format, pick your fighter. PNG girlies rise up.
  • -?, --help — show summary of options. your little safety net when you forget something. no judgment.
  • --usage — show a short overview of options. the speedrun version of --help. 🏃♀️

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

so to produce a DataMatrix barcode for foobar in PNG format, you need the following arguments:

iec16022 -f PNG -c foobar -o foobar.png

that's it. one line. she ate and left absolutely no crumbs. 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

iec16022 was written by Adrian Kennard, Andrews & Arnold Ltd. legend behavior fr fr.

This manual page was written by Jan Luebbe <jluebbe@lasnet.de>, for the Debian project — but, and i quote, it may be used by others. sharing is caring bestie 💜

ngl, always check the original when it actually matters — this is the vibe, not a replacement for the source of truth.

and that's the whole page, bestie! 🎀 sign-off time: this was iec16022 version 0.3.1, dated 2006-01-14 — a whole vintage queen still serving looks. 💖✨🦋

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