diff --git a/cli/symbols/build.sh b/cli/symbols/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+ID="sym"
+ASM="uxncli $HOME/roms/drifblim.rom"
+EMU="uxncli"
+LIN="uxncli $HOME/roms/uxnlin.rom"
+SRC="${ID}.tal"
+DST="${ID}.rom"
+CPY="$HOME/roms"
+ARG="test.symbols"
+
+if [[ "$*" == *"--lint"* ]]
+then
+	$LIN $SRC
+fi
+
+$ASM $SRC $DST
+
+if [[ "$*" == *"--save"* ]]
+then
+	cp $DST $CPY
+fi
+
+$EMU $DST $ARG
+
diff --git a/cli/symbols/sym.tal b/cli/symbols/sym.tal
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+( uxncli sym.rom file.bin.sym )
+
+|10 @Console &vector $2 &read $1 &pad $4 &type $1 &write $1 &error $1
+|a0 @File &vector $2 &success $2 &stat $2 &delete $1 &append $1 &name $2 &length $2 &read $2 &write $2
+
+|0000
+
+	@src $40
+
+|0100
+
+@on-reset ( -> )
+	.Console/type DEI ?&>has-arg
+		;Dict/usage <perr>
+		#010f DEO
+		BRK &>has-arg
+	;await-src .Console/vector DEO2
+	BRK
+
+@await-src ( -> )
+	.Console/read DEI .src skey ?on-ready
+	BRK
+
+@on-ready ( -> )
+	;src .File/name DEO2
+	#8000 .File/length DEO2
+	;sym .File/read DEO2
+	;sym
+	&w
+		LDA2k <phex> #2018 DEO
+		INC2 INC2 DUP2 <pstr> #0a18 DEO
+		scap INC2 LDAk ?&w
+	POP2
+	#800f DEO
+	BRK
+
+@<print-spacer> ( id -- )
+	DUP #0f AND ?&>no-lb
+		POP #0a18 DEO
+		JMP2r &>no-lb
+	#01 AND ?&>end
+		#2018 DEO &>end
+	JMP2r
+
+(
+@|stdlib )
+
+@skey ( key buf -- proc )
+	OVR #21 LTH ?&eval
+	#00 SWP sput #00 JMP2r
+	&eval ( -- )
+		POP2 #01 JMP2r
+
+@scap ( str* -- end* )
+	!&a
+	&w ( -- )
+		INC2 &a LDAk ?&w
+	JMP2r
+
+@sput ( chr str* -- )
+	scap INC2k #00 ROT ROT STA
+	STA
+	JMP2r
+
+@<phex> ( short* -- )
+	SWP <phex>/b
+	&b ( -- )
+		DUP #04 SFT <phex>/c
+	&c ( -- )
+		#0f AND DUP #09 GTH #27 MUL ADD LIT "0 ADD #18 DEO
+		JMP2r
+
+@<pstr> ( err* -- )
+	!&a
+	&w ( -- )
+		LDAk #19 DEO
+		INC2 &a LDAk ?&w
+	POP2 JMP2r
+
+@<perr> ( err* -- )
+	!&a
+	&w ( -- )
+		LDAk #19 DEO
+		INC2 &a LDAk ?&w
+	POP2 JMP2r
+
+(
+@|res )
+
+@Dict &usage "usage: 20 "sym.rom 20 "input.bin.sym 0a $1
+
+@sym
+
+
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