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- .\" $NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.8 2003/04/25 19:08:31 jmmv Exp $
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- .\" Public Domain
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- .Dd April 25, 2003
- .Dt WTF 6
- .Os
- .Sh NAME
- .Nm wtf
- .Nd translates acronyms for you
- .Sh SYNOPSIS
- .Nm
- .Op Fl f Ar dbfile
- .Op Fl t Ar type
- .Op Ar is
- .Ar acronym Ar ...
- .Sh DESCRIPTION
- The
- .Nm
- utility displays the expansion of the acronyms
- specified on the command line.
- If the acronym is unknown,
- .Nm
- will check to see if the acronym is known by the
- .Xr whatis 1
- command.
- .Pp
- If
- .Dq is
- is specified on the command line, it will be ignored, allowing the
- fairly natural
- .Dq wtf is WTF
- usage.
- .Pp
- The following options are available:
- .Bl -tag -width flag
- .It Fl f Ar dbfile
- Overrides the default acronym database, bypassing the value of the
- .Ev ACRONYMDB
- variable.
- .It Fl t Ar type
- Specifies the acronym's type.
- Simply put, it makes the program use the acronyms database named
- .Pa @wtf_acronymfile@.type ,
- where
- .Ar type
- is given by the argument.
- .El
- .Sh ENVIRONMENT
- .Bl -tag -width ACRONYMDB
- .It Ev ACRONYMDB
- The default acronym database may be overridden by setting the
- environment variable
- .Ev ACRONYMDB
- to the name of a file in the proper format (acronym[tab]meaning).
- .El
- .Sh FILES
- .Bl -tag -width @wtf_acronymfile@.XXXX -compact
- .It Pa @wtf_acronymfile@
- default acronym database.
- .It Pa @wtf_acronymfile@.comp
- computer-related acronym database.
- .El
- .Sh SEE ALSO
- .Xr whatis 1
- .Sh HISTORY
- .Nm
- first appeared in
- .Nx 1.5 .
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