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.\" $NetBSD$ |
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.\" |
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.\" Public Domain |
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.\" |
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.Dd July 27, 2007 |
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.Dt WTF 6 |
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.Os |
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.Sh NAME |
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.Nm wtf |
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.Nd translates acronyms for you |
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.Sh SYNOPSIS |
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.Nm |
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.Op Fl f Ar dbfile |
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.Op Ar is |
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.Ar acronym Ar ... |
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.Sh DESCRIPTION |
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The |
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.Nm |
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utility displays the expansion of the acronyms |
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specified on the command line. |
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If the acronym is not in any of the acronyms databases, |
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.Nm |
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will check to see if the acronym is known by |
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.Xr whatis 1 , |
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.Xr pkg_info 1 , |
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or via pkgsrc's internal help mechanism, |
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.Dq make help topic=XXX . |
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.Pp |
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If |
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.Dq is |
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is specified on the command line, it will be ignored, allowing the |
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fairly natural |
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.Dq wtf is WTF |
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usage. |
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.Pp |
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The following options are available: |
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.Bl -tag -width flag |
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.It Fl f Ar dbfile |
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Overrides the default acronym database, bypassing the value of the |
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.Ev ACRONYMDB |
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variable. |
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.El |
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT |
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.Bl -tag -width ACRONYMDB |
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.It Ev ACRONYMDB |
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The default acronym database may be overridden by setting the |
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environment variable |
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.Ev ACRONYMDB |
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to the name of one or more space-separated file names of |
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acronym databases. |
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The files must be in the proper format (acronym[tab]meaning). |
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.El |
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.Sh FILES |
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/acronyms.XXXX -compact |
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.It Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms |
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default acronym database. |
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.It Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms.comp |
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computer-related acronym database. |
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.El |
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.Sh SEE ALSO |
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.Xr make 1 , |
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.Xr pkg_info 1 , |
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.Xr whatis 1 |
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.Sh HISTORY |
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.Nm |
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first appeared in |
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.Nx 1.5 . |