eancheck(1)

eancheck1

Check digit validator for ean, plu and upc barcode numbers

Usage

eancheck [EAN code, PLU code or UPC prefixed with 0]

Overview

eancheck takes a 13 digit EAN (European Article Number, aka a barcode number) or a 4 digit PLU code and runs some simple maths upon it to discover the "check digit". It then compares this against the last number of the inputted EAN to check whether that code; if they match, then the EAN/PLU is valid. If they do not, then the opposite applies.

Maintainer

Joe Baldwin <[email protected]>

Releases

Unchanged in 8 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

  1. 5.0–13

Bugs

Right now UPC codes need to be prefixed with a zero (i.e turned into EAN codes) to be properly checked.

From eancheck 1.0-3 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.