bincodes

Using gnu barcode to transcode text to barcodes and displays it as binary format.

requirements

You only need the gnu barcode (https://www.gnu.org/software/barcode/) tools.

install

make
make install

usage

-c, --checksum        adds the checksum to the barcode.
-e, --encoding <char> sets the encoding for the barcode. See encodings for valid ones.
-d, --debug <int>     sets the debug level (ERROR = 0; WARNING = 1; DEBUG = 2; INFO = 3).
-b, --bar <char>      character that represents the bars.
-s, --space <char>    character that represents the spaces.
-w, --width <int>     width that represents an element
-h, --help            show this usage.

encodings

Valid encodings are:

• 39 - code39
• ean - european article number
• upc - upc == 12-digit ean
• isbn - isbn numbers (still EAN13)
• 128 - code128 (a,b,c: autoselection)
• 128c - code128 (compact form for digets)
• 128b - code128, full printable ascii
• i25 - interleaved 2 of 5 (only digits)
• 128raw - raw code 128 (by Leonid A. Broukhis)
• cbr - Codebar (by Leonid A. Broukhis)
• msi - MSI (by Leonid A. Broukhis)
• pls - Plessey (by Leonid A. Broukhis)
• 93 - code93 (by Nathan D. Holmes)

examples

./bincodes test (outputs the binary representation of test encoded in code39)
./bincodes -b \# -s - -w 2 test (outputs the binary repressentation of test encoded in code39 with # as bar character, - as space and every bit is represented as two characters.