---
name: "psdots"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tstools"
version: "1.13~git20151030-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/psdots"
---

# psdots(1)

Present the content of an PS as a sequence of characters

## NAME

**psdots** – Present the content of an PS as a sequence of characters

## SYNOPSIS

**psdots** \[**-err stdout**\] \[**-err stderr**\] \[**-verbose** \| **-v**\] \[**-max** *max\_pkts* \| **-m** *max\_pkts*\] *in\_file* \| **-stdin**

## DESCRIPTION

Present the content of a Program Stream file as a sequence of\
   characters, representing the packets.

### Files

- *in\_file*

  is an H.222 Program Stream file (but see **-stdin**)

### Switches

- **-err stdout**

  Write error messages to standard output (the default)

- **-err stderr**

  Write error messages to standard error (Unix traditional)

- **-stdin**

  Input from standard input, instead of a file

- **-v**, **-verbose**

  Output a description of the characters used

- **-max** *max\_pkts*, **-m** *max\_pkts*

  Maximum number of PS packets to read

## SEE ALSO

[esdots(1)](/esdots/1.md),