listbasic(1)

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✨ listbasic(1) ✨

okay so bestie, listen — this is the page for listbasic, living in the Emulators corner of the manual, section 1. she's a little cutie with one job and she slays at it. let's get into it 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

listbasic — extract the BASIC from a ZX Spectrum file. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

listbasic [OPTION] file

like… that's the shape of it. one option maybe, and your file. iconic behavior honestly.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: listbasic goes into a ZX Spectrum snapshot or a tape file, pulls out the BASIC listing like it's yanking a friendship bracelet out of a backpack, and prints that listing to standard output.

that's it. that's the whole plot. she extracts, she prints, she goes home. main character energy fr fr 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

okay here's the menu of things you can tell her, no cap:

  • -b — this one's saying "hey bestie, the program we're listing is a Beta BASIC program." special mode, special vibes. 🌈
  • -h, --help — she gives you the brief lil usage help, listing out all the options she's got. a quick rundown, a little snack, if you will. 🍓
  • -V, --version — she tells you her version info. like when you ask someone their star sign but for software. ⭐
  • file — this is the actual snapshot or tape image you want the BASIC pulled out of. and lowkey important: it has to be in a format that libspectrum(3) supports. if libspectrum can't read it, we can't do the thing, sorry babe 😭

💀 BUGS 💀

None known.

like. literally none. she's flawless, your honor. 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go check out her friends and family, they're all giving:

also the comp.sys.sinclair Spectrum FAQ, which lives right here:

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/index.html

it's a whole rabbit hole, iykyk 🐇✨

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Philip Kendall (philip-fuse@shadowmagic.org.uk). king behavior, we love him for it 💖

and a huge shoutout to Chris Cowley, who wrote SnapList:

http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/snaplist/index.html

because listbasic is very heavily based on it. so like, credits where credits are due, periodt. 🎀

ngl reminder bestie: when you're using -b, you're telling her the program is Beta BASIC. don't just say it for fun or she'll be confused. also file MUST be a libspectrum-supported format. no format, no listing. 😤

and that's the whole page! this was version 1.4.6, dated 25th July, 2026. go forth and extract some BASIC, you absolute legend 🌟💅🦋

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