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worms(6)

NAME

worms − animate worms on a display terminal

SYNTAX

/usr/games/worms [ −field ] [ −length # ] [ −number # ] [ −trail ]

DESCRIPTION

Worms is based on the TOPS-20 program on the DEC-2136 machine called WORM.

−field makes a "field" for the worm(s) to eat; −trail causes each worm to leave a trail behind it.  You can figure out the rest by yourself. 

FILES

/etc/termcap

RESTRICTIONS

The lower-right-hand character position will not be updated properly on a terminal that wraps at the right margin. 

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