---
name: "ropy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdisorder-tools"
version: "0.0.2+git20130809.8062ee1-4+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ropy"
---

# ropy(1)

calculate entropy measurement of byte streams

## NAME

ropy - calculate entropy measurement of byte streams

## SYNOPSIS

**ropy** *FILE*

## DESCRIPTION

The library libdisorder provides a function to calculate the Shannon index (H) of byte streams.  This program is provided as an example and does this for a given file.

## AUTHOR

This manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage of the program.