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NAME
       entcheck - estimates the entropy of a stream


SYNOPSIS
       entcheck [-N <bits>] [-s <streams>]


DESCRIPTION
       entcheck  estimates the entropy of its standard input.  It uses the previous bits bits (16
       by default) to predict the next bit, and estimates the  entropy  based  on  the  level  of
       surprise,  that  is  to  say  the  base-2 logarithm of the probability of seeing the given
       string of bits.

       In some scenarios, such as the output of an 8-bit DAC, some bits are special: entropy then
       needs  to  be  predicted  per bit over the width of the input data. The -s option sets the
       width of the input data in this case.


OPTIONS
       -N <bits>
              specifies the number of bits to use to predict the next bit.

       -s <streams>
              specifies the number of streams to use.


SEE ALSO
       infnoise(8).

                                           June 22 2018                               ENTCHECK(1)