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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)