1.\" $NetBSD: hangman.6,v 1.9 2002/01/20 00:52:22 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)hangman.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 35.\" 36.Dd May 31, 1993 37.Dt HANGMAN 6 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm hangman 41.Nd computer version of the game hangman 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm 44.Op Fl d Ar wordlist 45.Op Fl m Ar minlen 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47In 48.Nm "" , 49the computer picks a word from the on-line word list 50and you must try to guess it. 51The computer keeps track of which letters have been guessed 52and how many wrong guesses you have made on the screen in a graphic fashion. 53.Sh OPTIONS 54.Bl -tag -width flag 55.It Fl d 56Use the specified 57.Ar wordlist 58instead of the default one named below. 59.It Fl m 60Set the minimum word length to use. The default is 6 letters. 61.El 62.Sh FILES 63.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/dict/words -compact 64.It Pa /usr/share/dict/words 65On-line word list 66.El 67.Sh AUTHORS 68.An Ken Arnold 69