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1.\"	$NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.5 2002/09/26 16:12:44 wiz Exp $
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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.
20If the acronym is unknown,
21.Nm
22will check to see if the acronym is known by the
23.Xr whatis 1
24command.
25.Pp
26If
27.Dq is
28is specified on the command line, it will be ignored, allowing the
29fairly natural
30.Dq wtf is WTF
31usage.
32.Sh ENVIRONMENT
33.Bl -tag -width ACRONYMDB
34.It Ev ACRONYMDB
35The default acronym database may be overridden by setting the
36environment variable
37.Ev ACRONYMDB
38to the name of a file in the proper format (acronym[tab]meaning).
39.El
40.Sh FILES
41.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/acronyms -compact
42.It Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms
43default acronym database.
44.El
45.Sh SEE ALSO
46.Xr whatis 1
47.Sh HISTORY
48.Nm
49first appeared in
50.Nx 1.5 .
51