unvis(1)

unvis1

Revert a visual representation of data back to original form

Usage

unvis [-e] [{-Hh | -m}] [file ...]

Overview

unvis is the inverse function of vis(1). It reverts a visual representation of data back to its original form on standard output.

The options are as follows:

-e

Don't decode \ escaped sequences.

-H

Decode entity references and numeric character references from RFC 1866. (VIS_HTTP1866)

-h

Decode using the URI encoding from RFC 1808. (VIS_HTTP1808)

-m

Decode using mime style. (VIS_MIMESTYLE)

Mixing -h or -H with -m is not supported.

Releases

163 releases since Mac OS X 10.0; the text changed 2 times.

  1. 10.0–10.4.11
  2. 10.5–12.2
  3. 12.3–26.5

-H since macOS 12.3; -e since macOS 12.3; -h since macOS 12.3; -m since macOS 12.3.

History

The unvis command appears in 4.4BSD.

From text_cmds 199 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.