rotix.1

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.TH ROTIX 1 "January 18, 2002" Rotix "Linux User Manuals"
.SH NAME
rotix \- A program to generate rotational obfuscations
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "rotix [ \-f " "file " "] [ \-o " "file " "] [ \-r " "value " "]"

.BI "rotix \-t " "text " "[ \-o " "file " "] [ \-r " "value " "]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B rotix
is a program that creates rotational obfuscations. Most famously in this
field is the ROT-13 obfuscation.

Please note that
.B rotix
creates obfuscations and not encryptions. You should not consider your data
safe when you ran
.B rotix
over it.
.BR rotix -like
programs are only used to have a "public secret". Mostly to prevent
people from directly reading it, in case of offensive material or the like.
Use it as such and not as an encryption tool. If you want to encrypt your
data have a look at
.BR gpg (1).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-f file, \-\-file=file
Specifies a file that contains the text to rotate. This can be stdin
(indicated with a dash "\-").

This option cannot be used in conjunction with
.BR "\-t" ". When neither is given, " "\-f \- " "is assumed."
.TP
.B \-o file, \-\-output=file
The output is appended to the specified file. You can specify stdout (again,
indicated by a single dash "\-"). In fact, stdout is assumed when this
option is omitted.
.TP
.B \-r value, \-\-rot=value
Specifies the rotational value to use. When
.BR "\-r " "is omitted, " "\-r 13 "
is assumed. Negative values are accepted.

A special value is 'auto'.
.B rotix
will then output every unique obfuscation. Please note that this generates
at least 25 lines of output. You might want to specify an output-file or
pipe it to more or less.
.TP
.B \-a, \-\-auto
Alias for
.B \-r auto
.TP
.B \-t text, \-\-text=text
This specifies the text to rotate. You cannot use it in conjunction with
.BR \-f .

Please note that
.B \-t
takes exactly 1 (one) parameter. So if you have special characters (like
spaces) in your text, you might want to escape or quote them.
.TP
.B \-R, \-\-right
This rotates the letters to the right. [Default]
.TP
.B \-L, \-\-left
This rotates the letters to the left.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Displays the command-line options.
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-version
Outputs the version number of
.BR rotix .
.SH TIPS
If you have large amounts of text that is rotated and of which you do not
what the rotational value is, specify the
.B \-t
option and give the first line of the text as parameter. Use
.B \-a
to check which rotational value is used. Then use that value to deobfuscate
the entire text. This is easier and faster.

If you specify
.B \-a
it is always a good idea to use less.

.B Rotix
has the ability to recalculate values. A rotational value of 27 will be
recalculated to 1.
.B Rotix
can also handle negative values. However, you can use the
.BR \-L " and " \-R " options"
as well to keep using the same values. It is a matter of taste.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Rotix is Copyright \(co 2001 Sjoerd Hemminga

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH REPORTING BUGS
Please report bugs to <sjoerd@huiswerkservice.nl>
.SH AUTHOR
Sjoerd Hemminga <sjoerd@huiswerkservice.nl>
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR gpg (1)