D:\Desktop\test>shorten -h
shorten version 3.5.2: © 1992-1999 Tony Robinson and SoftSound Ltd
Seek extensions by Wayne Stielau; UNIX maintenance by Jason Jordan
Usage: shorten {options} [input file] [output file]
  -a 0  bytes to copy verbatim to align file
  -b 256 block size
  -c 1  number of channels
  -d 0  number of bytes to discard before compression or decompression
  -e    erase seek table appended to input file
  -h    help (this message)
  -i    inquire as to whether a seek table is appended to input file
  -k    append seek table information to existing shorten file
  -l    print the license giving the distribution and usage conditions
  -m 4  number of past block for mean estimation
  -n 256 minimum signal to noise ratio in dB (256 == lossless coding)
  -p 0  maximum LPC predictor order (0 == fast polynomial predictor)
  -q 0  acceptable quantisation error in bits
  -r 32.0  maximum number of bits per sample (32.0 == lossless coding)
  -s    generate seek table information in separate file [input file].skt
  -S[name] generate seek table information in separate file given by [name]
  -t wav specify the bit packing and byte ordering of the sample file from
        {aiff,wav,ulaw,alaw,s8,u8,s16,u16,s16x,u16x,s16hl,u16hl,s16lh,u16lh}
  -u    merge the two zero codes in ulaw files
  -v 3  format version number (2: no seek info; 3: default)
  -x    extract (all other options except -a, -d and -t are ignored)

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