WTF(6) BSD Games Manual WTF(6)NAME
wtf -- translates acronyms for you
SYNOPSIS
wtf [-f dbfile] [-t type] [is] acronym ...
DESCRIPTION
The wtf utility displays the expansion of the acronyms specified on the command line. If the acronym is unknown, wtf will check to see if
the acronym is known by the whatis(1) command.
If ``is'' is specified on the command line, it will be ignored, allowing the fairly natural ``wtf is WTF'' usage.
The following options are available:
-f dbfile
Overrides the default acronym database, bypassing the value of the ACRONYMDB variable.
-t type
Specifies the acronym's type. Simply put, it makes the program use the acronyms database named /usr/share/misc/acronyms.type, where
type is given by the argument.
ENVIRONMENT
ACRONYMDB The default acronym database may be overridden by setting the environment variable ACRONYMDB to the name of a file in the proper
format (acronym[tab]meaning).
FILES
/usr/share/misc/acronyms default acronym database.
/usr/share/misc/acronyms.comp computer-related acronym database.
SEE ALSO whatis(1)HISTORY
wtf first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.
BSD April 25, 2003 BSD
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whatis(1) User Commands whatis(1)NAME
whatis - display a one-line summary about a keyword
SYNOPSIS
whatis command...
DESCRIPTION
whatis looks up a given command and displays the header line from the manual section. You can then run the man(1) command to get more
information. If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do `man -s section name' to get the documentation for it. Try `whatis ed' and
then you should do `man -s 1 ed' to get the manual page for ed(1).
whatis is actually just the -f option to the man(1) command.
whatis uses the /usr/share/man/windex database. This database is created by catman(1M). If this database does not exist, whatis will fail.
FILES
/usr/share/man/windex Table of contents and keyword database
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWdoc |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO apropos(1), man(1), catman(1M), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 whatis(1)
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