WTF(6)

💅 WTF(6) — Games Manual, bestie 💅

okay so we’re in wtf(6) from the Games Manual, and this icon is literally here to translate acronyms for you. no cap. 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

wtf — translates acronyms for you. periodt. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

wtf [-f dbfile] [-t type] [is] acronym ...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

wtf displays the expansion of the acronyms you specify on the command line. easy. adorable. useful. 💅

If the acronym is unknown, wtf will check to see if the acronym is known by the whatis(1) command. so it’s got a backup plan, bestie. 🔥

If “is” is specified on the command line, it will be ignored — which allows the fairly natural wtf is WTF usage. yes, that’s the whole vibe. 🫶

The following options are available:

• -f dbfile — overrides the default acronym database, bypassing the value of the ACRONYMDB variable. lowkey a power move. 👑
• -t type — specifies the acronym’s type. simply put, it makes the program use the acronyms database named /usr/share/misc/acronyms.type, where type is given by the argument. iconic. 🎀

🌈 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). literally just set it and slay. 💜

🍓 FILES 🍓

• /usr/share/misc/acronyms — default acronym database.
• /usr/share/misc/acronyms.comp — computer-related acronym database.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

whatis(1)

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

wtf first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.

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mwah 💋 — source/version: Debian, date: April 25, 2003. that’s the footer, bestie; we’re not copying it, we’re celebrating it. 🫶🎀