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The petcat program is a text conversion utility, it can convert
between ASCII, PETSCII and tokenized BASIC.
-help
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Output help text
-?
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Same as above
-version
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show petcat version string and exit
-v
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verbose output
-c
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controls (interpret also control codes) (default if textmode)
-nc
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no controls (suppress control codes in printout) (default if non-textmode)
-qc
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convert all non alphanumeric characters inside quotes into controlcodes
-ic
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interpret control codes case-insensitive
-d
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output raw codes in decimal
-h
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write header (default if output is stdout)
-nh
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no header (default if output is a file)
-skip <n>
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Skip <n> bytes in the beginning of input file. Ignored on P00.
-text
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Force text mode
-<version>
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use keywords for <version> instead of the v7.0 ones
-w<version>
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tokenize using keywords on specified Basic version.
-k<version>
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list all keywords for the specified Basic version
-k
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list all Basic versions available.
-l
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Specify load address for program (in hex, no loading chars!).
-o <name>
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Specify the output file name
-f
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Force overwritten the output file. The default depends on the BASIC version.
BASIC Versions:
10
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Basic v10.0 (C65/C64DX)
1p
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Basic v1.0 (PET)
2
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Basic v2.0 (C64/VIC20/PET)
3
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Basic v3.5 (C16)
40
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Basic v4.0 (PET/CBM2)
4e
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Basic v2.0 with Basic v4.0 extension (C64)
4v
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Basic v2.0 with Basic v4.0 extension (VIC20)
5
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Basic v2.0 with Basic v5.0 extension (VIC20)
65
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Basic v65.0 (Mega65)
70
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Basic v7.0 (C128)
71
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Basic v7.0 with Basic v7.1 extension (C128)
a
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Basic v2.0 with AtBasic (C64)
bk
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Basic v2.0 with Kipper Basic (C64)
blarg
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Basic v2.0 with Blarg (C64)
bob
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Basic v2.0 with Basic on Bails (C64)
bsx
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Basic v2.0 with Basex (C64)
bwarsaw
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Basic v2.0 with Warsaw Basic (C64)
bws
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Basic v2.0 with WS Basic (C64)
bwsf
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Basic v2.0 with WS Basic final (C64)
drago
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Basic v2.0 with Drago basic v2.2 (C64)
easy
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Basic v2.0 with Easy Basic (VIC20)
eve
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Basic v2.0 with Eve Basic (C64)
exp20
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Basic v2.0 with Expanded Basic (VIC20)
exp64
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Basic v2.0 with Expanded Basic (C64)
f
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Basic v2.0 with Final Cartridge III (C64)
game
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Basic v2.0 with Game Basic (C64)
graph
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Basic v2.0 with Graphics basic (C64)
lightning
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Basic v2.0 with Basic Lightning (C64)
magic
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Basic v2.0 with Magic Basic (C64)
mighty
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Basic v2.0 with Mighty Basic by Craig Bruce (VIC20)
pegasus
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Basic v2.0 with Pegasus Basic v4.0 (C64)
reu
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Basic v2.0 with REU-Basic (C64)
simon
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Basic v2.0 with Simons' Basic extension (C64)
speech
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Basic v2.0 with Speech Basic v2.7 (C64)
superbas
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Basic v2.0 with Super Basic (C64)
superexp
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Basic v2.0 with Super Expander (VIC20)
supergra
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Basic v2.0 with Supergrafik 64 (C64)
sxc
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Basic v2.0 with Super Expander Chip (C64)
tt64
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Basic v2.0 with The Tool 64 (C64)
turtle
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Basic v2.0 with Turtle Basic by Craig Bruce (VIC20)
ultra
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Basic v2.0 with Ultrabasic-64 (C64)
xbasic
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Basic v2.0 with Xbasic (C64)
petcat -2 -o outputfile.txt -- inputfile.prg-
De-tokenize, Convert inputfile.prg to a text file in outputfile.txt, using BASIC V2 only
petcat -wsimon -o outputfile.prg -- inputfile.txt-
Tokenize, Convert inputfile.txt to a PRG file in outputfile.prg, using Simons' BASIC
petcat -text -o outputfile.txt -- inputfile.seq-
Convert inputfile.seq to a Ascii text file in outputfile.txt.
petcat -text -w2 -o outputfile.seq -- inputfile.txt-
Convert inputfile.txt to a Petscii text SEQ file in outputfile.seq.
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