WTF(1) BSD Reference Manual WTF(1)NAMEwtf - translates acronyms for you
SYNOPSISwtf [-adpw] [is | ist] acronym ...
DESCRIPTION
The wtf utility displays the expansion of the acronyms specified on the
command line. The following places are searched:
-a Search the acronym database (default).
-d Search the dictionary. Needs a dict client installed.
-p Search the ports INDEX.
-w Search with whatis (default).
To disable an option, prefix it with a plus sign ('+') instead of a dash.
If "is" is specified on the command line, it will be ignored, allowing
the fairly natural wtf is WTF and, for German users, wtf ist Windows
usage.
ENVIRONMENT
ACRONYMDB The default acronym database may be overridden by setting the
environment variable ACRONYMDB to the name of a file in the
proper format (acronym[tab]meaning).
FILES
/usr/share/misc/acronyms default acronym database.
/usr/bin/dict default search path for dictionary client
/usr/local/bin/dict standard search path for dictionary client
/usr/mpkg/bin/dict extended search path for dictionary client
/usr/ports/INDEX default ports index file.
SEE ALSOwhatis(1)HISTORYwtf first appeared in NetBSD 1.5. It then was ported to MirOS #0, actual-
ly being the very reason for MirOS to exist. Option processing was added
in MirOS #11.
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