1.\" $NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.8 2003/04/25 19:08:31 jmmv Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Public Domain 4.\" 5.Dd April 25, 2003 6.Dt WTF 6 7.Os 8.Sh NAME 9.Nm wtf 10.Nd translates acronyms for you 11.Sh SYNOPSIS 12.Nm 13.Op Fl f Ar dbfile 14.Op Fl t Ar type 15.Op Ar is 16.Ar acronym Ar ... 17.Sh DESCRIPTION 18The 19.Nm 20utility displays the expansion of the acronyms 21specified on the command line. 22If the acronym is unknown, 23.Nm 24will check to see if the acronym is known by the 25.Xr whatis 1 26command. 27.Pp 28If 29.Dq is 30is specified on the command line, it will be ignored, allowing the 31fairly natural 32.Dq wtf is WTF 33usage. 34.Pp 35The following options are available: 36.Bl -tag -width flag 37.It Fl f Ar dbfile 38Overrides the default acronym database, bypassing the value of the 39.Ev ACRONYMDB 40variable. 41.It Fl t Ar type 42Specifies the acronym's type. 43Simply put, it makes the program use the acronyms database named 44.Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms.type , 45where 46.Ar type 47is given by the argument. 48.El 49.Sh ENVIRONMENT 50.Bl -tag -width ACRONYMDB 51.It Ev ACRONYMDB 52The default acronym database may be overridden by setting the 53environment variable 54.Ev ACRONYMDB 55to the name of a file in the proper format (acronym[tab]meaning). 56.El 57.Sh FILES 58.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/acronyms.XXXX -compact 59.It Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms 60default acronym database. 61.It Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms.comp 62computer-related acronym database. 63.El 64.Sh SEE ALSO 65.Xr whatis 1 66.Sh HISTORY 67.Nm 68first appeared in 69.Nx 1.5 . 70