worms(6)

worms6

Animate worms on a display terminal

Usage

worms [-ft] [-d delay] [-l length] [-n number]

Overview

A UNIX version of the DEC-2136 program “worms”.

The options are as follows:

-f

Makes a “field” for the worm(s) to eat.

-t

Makes each worm leave a trail behind it.

-d

Specifies a delay, in milliseconds, between each update. This is useful for fast terminals. Reasonable values are around 20-200. The default is 0.

-l

Specifies a length for each worm; the default is 16.

-n

Specifies the number of worms; the default is 3.

Releases

16 releases since Debian 1.3 (Bo); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 1.3
  2. 2.0
  3. 2.1
  4. 2.2
  5. 3.0
  6. 3.1–13

-d since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -l since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); -n since Debian 2.0 (Hamm).

From bsdgames 2.17-35 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.