---
name: "rot13"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hxtools"
version: "20231224-2+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rot13"
---

# rot13(1)

shortcut to tr(1) for ROT13

## Name

rot13 — shortcut to [tr(1)](/tr/1.md) for ROT13

## Syntax

**rot13** \[*file*...\]

## Description

ROT13 ("rotate by 13 places", sometimes hyphenated ROT-13) is a simple letter substitution cipher that replaces a letter with the letter 13 letters after it in the Latin alphabet.

[rot13(1)](/rot13/1.md) will call out to [tr(1)](/tr/1.md) to do this substitution, and will read from standard input unless some filenames are given.

## See also

[**hxtools**(7)](/hxtools/7.md)