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Diffstat (limited to 'wtf/wtf.6')
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -1,41 +1,46 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.15 2012/10/03 19:50:43 wiz Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.16 2012/11/20 12:40:54 abs Exp $ .\" .\" Public Domain .\" -.Dd October 3, 2012 +.Dd November 20, 2012 .Dt WTF 6 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm wtf -.Nd translate acronyms +.Nd look up terms .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl f Ar dbfile .Op Ar is -.Ar acronym ... +.Ar term ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility displays the expansion of one or more acronyms -specified on the command line. -If an acronym is not in any of the acronym databases, +utility looks up the meaning of one or more +.Ar term +operands specified on the command line. +.Pp +.Ar term +will first be searched for as an acronym in the acronym databases, which are expected to be in the format -.Dq acronym[tab]meaning , +.Dq acronym[tab]meaning . +If no match has been found, .Nm -will check to see if it is known by +will check to see if the term is known by .Xr whatis 1 , .Xr pkg_info 1 , -or via pkgsrc's internal help mechanism, +or, when called from within a pkgsrc package directory, +pkgsrc's internal help facility, .Dq make help topic=XXX . .Pp -If -.Dq is -is specified on the command line, it will be ignored, allowing the +The optional +.Ar is +operand will be ignored, allowing the fairly natural .Dq wtf is WTF usage. .Pp -The following options are available: +The following option is available: .Bl -tag -width flag .It Fl f Ar dbfile Overrides the default list of acronym databases, bypassing the value of the @@ -70,3 +75,5 @@ default computer-related acronym database. .Nm first appeared in .Nx 1.5 . +Initially it only translated acronyms; +functionality to look up the meaning of terms in other sources was added later. |