writes the traditional "ripple test" pattern on standard output. In 96 lines, this pattern will print all 96 printable characters in each position. While originally created to test printers, it is quite useful for testing terminals, driving terminal ports for debugging purposes, or any other task where a quick supply of random data is needed. The argument specifies the output line length if the the default length of 79 is inappropriate. The argument specifies the number of output lines to be generated if the default count of 200 is inappropriate. Note that if is to be specified, must be also be specified. appeared in 1