ROT13\ Apply “ROT13” Transformation to a File {#rot13-apply-rot13-transformation-to-a-file align=”center”} ======================================
ROT13 is a C++ program which reads a file and makes a copy in which all characters have been “rotated” by 13 positions, and all digits have been “rotated” by 5 positions.
Applying ROT13 to the transformed file returns the original. Thus, ROT13 can be used as a very simply method of encoding and decoding text files. Only an idiot would be fooled by this encoding, but nonetheless the encoding serves a number of useful purposes. And often, it’s only idiots you have to fool, after all.
rot13 file1.txt
where
The output filename is the ROT13 transformation of the input filename. In the case of “file1.txt”, the output filename would be svyr6.gkg.
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
ROT13 is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.
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Last revised on 21 May 2011.