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36.Dd November 16, 1993
37.Dt CAESAR 6
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm caesar ,
41.Nm rot13
42.Nd decrypt caesar cyphers
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
45.Op Ar rotation
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49utility attempts to decrypt caesar cyphers using English letter frequency
50statistics.
51.Nm
52reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output.
53.Pp
54The optional numerical argument
55.Ar rotation
56may be used to specify a specific rotation value.
57.Pp
58The frequency (from most common to least) of English letters is as follows:
59.Pp
60.Bd -filled -offset indent
61ETAONRISHDLFCMUGPYWBVKXJQZ
62.Ed
63.Pp
64Their frequencies as a percentage are as follows:
65.Pp
66.Bd -filled -offset indent
67E(13), T(10.5), A(8.1), O(7.9), N(7.1), R(6.8), I(6.3), S(6.1), H(5.2),
68D(3.8), L(3.4), F(2.9), C(2.7), M(2.5), U(2.4), G(2),
69P(1.9), Y(1.9),
70W(1.5), B(1.4), V(.9), K(.4), X(.15), J(.13), Q(.11), Z(.07).
71.Ed
72.Pp
73Rotated postings to
74.Tn USENET
75and some of the databases used by the
76.Xr fortune 6
77program are rotated by 13 characters.
78