shorten version 3.6.1: (c) 1992-1999 Tony Robinson and SoftSound Ltd
Seek extensions by Wayne Stielau; UNIX maintenance by Jason Jordan
Usage: shorten.exe {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)