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5.Dd July 21, 1999
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 Ar is
14.Ar acronym Ar ...
15.Sh DESCRIPTION
16The
17.Nm
18utility displays the expansion of the acronyms
19specified on the command line.  If the acronym is unknown,
20.Nm
21will check to see if the acronym is known by the
22.Xr whatis 1
23command.
24.Pp
25If
26.Dq is
27is specified on the command line, it will be ignored, allowing the
28fairly natural
29.Dq wtf is WTF
30usage.
31.Sh ENVIRONMENT
32.Bl -tag -width ACRONYMDB
33.It Ev ACRONYMDB
34The default acronym database may be overridden by setting the
35environment variable
36.Ev ACRONYMDB
37to the name of a file in the proper format (acronym[tab]meaning).
38.El
39.Sh FILES
40.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/acronyms -compact
41.It Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms
42default acronym database.
43.El
44.Sh SEE ALSO
45.Xr whatis 1
46.Sh HISTORY
47.Nm
48first appeared in
49.Nx 1.5 .
50