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unvis vis decoder
`unvis` filename(s)

## Note

This is generally only accessible as a subcommand of exec 1, to eliminate conflicts with the standard command by this name. It is referred to without qualification in this manual for simplicity.

## Description

`unvis` decodes either the contents of `filename(s)` or, if none are supplied, its standard input; to its standard output. Decoding is as if by the unvis 2 library function with no MIME or HTTP decoding enabled.

Tools that produce output encoded this way include list-process-table 1 and list-logins 1. Files encoded this way include (on the BSDs) fstab 5. Such encoded flat table data can be reliably handled by awk 1 and mlr 1, avoiding problems where fields might themselves contain whitespace, to be decoded to a human-readable form at final output time by `unvis`.

## See also

console-flat-table-viewer 1

## Author

Jonathan de Boyne Pollard