WRITE_DATAMATRIX(1)

📦 version 0.1.11, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 WRITE_DATAMATRIX(1) 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about this little Debian man page. yes it's called WRITE_DATAMATRIX(1) and the command inside is literally read_datamatrix. we don't make the rules, we just slay within them. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

read_datamatrix — datamatrix barcode writer

(no bc she writes. iconic behavior. the name is giving chaos but we move 🦋)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

read_datamatrix [-v]  [file]  [data]  [--size size]  [--scheme encoding]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so this manual page documents, briefly, the read_datamatrix command. consider it the lil sparknotes version.

this page was written for the Debian distribution specifically because the original program literally does not have a manual page. no cap. somebody had to step up and it was fladi. 🫶

read_datamatrix is a program that writes a datamatrix barcode to a new image file. that's the whole vibe. it takes your stuff, it makes a barcode, it drops it in a brand new image file. main character energy fr fr. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

this program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). a summary of options is included below, because of course it is:

  • -v, --version — show version information and exit. short and sweet, she tells you who she is and then dips. 👑
  • --size — encoding size (not image dimensions, bestie, do not get it twisted 😭); default is 'ShapeAuto'.
  • --scheme — encoding method; default is 'ASCII'.

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

  • file — filename of the output image.
  • data — data to be written; will be utf-8 encoded.

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

this manual page was written by fladi fladi@debian.org for the Debian system (and may be used by others). permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

legal moment but make it cute: everything above is the actual license grant, verbatim in spirit and detail. don't skip it, iykyk 💜

and that's the page!! from the General Commands Manual, we're signing off as WRITE_DATAMATRIX(1) — go forth and write those datamatrix barcodes, you absolute legend. 🍓⭐🎀💖

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