NAME

worms —

animate worms on a display terminal

SYNOPSIS

worms [-ft] [-d delay] [-l length] [-n number]

A UNIX version of the DEC-2136 program “worms”.

The options are as follows:

-f: Makes a “field” for the worm(s) to eat.
-t: Makes each worm leave a trail behind it.
-d: Specifies a delay, in milliseconds, between each update. This is useful for fast terminals. Reasonable values are around 20-200. The default is 0.
-l: Specifies a length for each worm; the default is 16.
-n: Specifies the number of worms; the default is 3.