wtf — translates acronyms for you
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Description
The wtf utility displays the expansion of the acronyms specified on the command line. If the acronym is
unknown, wtf will check to see if the acronym is known by the whatis(1) command.
If “is” is specified on the command line, it will be ignored, allowing the fairly natural “wtf is WTF”
usage.
The following options are available:
-fdbfile
Overrides the default acronym database, bypassing the value of the ACRONYMDB variable.
-ttype
Specifies the acronym's type. Simply put, it makes the program use the acronyms database named
/usr/share/games/bsdgames/acronyms.type, where type is given by the argument.
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/games/bsdgames/acronyms default acronym database.
/usr/share/games/bsdgames/acronyms.comp computer-related acronym database.
History
wtf first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.
Debian April 25, 2003 WTF(6)
Name
wtf — translates acronyms for you
See Also
whatis(1)
Synopsis
wtf [-fdbfile] [-ttype] [is] acronym...
